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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Slant-faced Grasshoppers (Gomphocerinae) » Amblytropidia Group » Syrbula » Admirable Grasshopper (Syrbula admirabilis)

Species Syrbula admirabilis - Admirable Grasshopper

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Subfamily Gomphocerinae (Slant-faced Grasshoppers)
No Taxon (Amblytropidia Group)
Genus Syrbula
Species admirabilis (Admirable Grasshopper)
Other Common Names
Handsome Grasshopper
Size
Males are 22-31 mm, females 35-49 mm
Identification
Face very slanted, hind legs very long and slender. Antennae are thread-like, but have expanded tip in males. Pronotum has two ridges. See this detail:

Females typically green/brown, males may be blackish. Forewings have wavy (crenulate) pattern on leading edge, visible when folded, especially in female:

Males fly well, but females poorly, often leap to escape (1).
Range
Eastern and central United States, west to Arizona
Habitat
Areas with dry grass
Season
July-October (much of range). August-frost (eastern North Carolina).
See Also
Montezuma Grasshopper, Syrbula montezuma
Print References
Capinera et al., Field Guide to Grasshoppers..., p. 75, plate 5 (1)
Capinera et al., Grasshoppers of Florida, pp. 55-56, plate 5 (2)
Brimley, p. 23 (3)
Internet References
Grasshoppers of New Mexico
Works Cited
1.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
By John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker
2.Grasshoppers of Florida (Invertebrates of Florida)
By John L. Capinera, Clay W. Scherer, Jason M. Squiter, Jason M. Squitier
3.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 1 December, 2005 - 2:31pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 25 October, 2006 - 9:13pm

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