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Camouflaged grasshopper--ID? - Hippiscus ocelote - male
Copyright © 2005 E Moon

Camouflaged grasshopper--ID? - Hippiscus ocelote - Male
Williamson County, Texas, USA
October 7, 2005
This grasshopper had flown from a bush and landed in front of me on the trail. It was just after noon, and impossible to get a good separation from background shooting straight down--the camouflage effect is impressive. I'm including two pictures of it.

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Camouflaged grasshopper--ID? - Hippiscus ocelote - male Camouflaged grasshopper--ID? - Hippiscus ocelote - male
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Contributed by E Moon on 1 November, 2005 - 7:34am
Last updated 4 December, 2008 - 4:24am

Probably Hippiscus.
This is probably Hippiscus ocelote, but would need to see various body parts not visible here to be certain. Those parts include: hind tibia (for color), interior surface of hind femur (again for color), and profile of pronotum (to see how many notches there are along the top).
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