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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Cyrtacanthacridinae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Schistocerca) » Gray Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens)
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Bird Grasshopper - Schistocerca nitens
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Bird Grasshopper - Schistocerca nitens
Westlaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 23, 2004
I didn't get a size on this, but I remember it was very long, maybe around 70mm to the tip of the wings. Any help getting to species would be great.
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Contributed by tom murray on 25 January, 2006 - 8:38pm
Last updated 20 November, 2006 - 2:45pm

Moved
Moved from Bird Grasshoppers.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 November, 2006 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
it might be s. americana.
… Machele White, 26 January, 2006 - 4:23am login or register to post comments

 
Gray Bird Grasshopper?
S. americana looks close, but after checking the book (1) and the guide pages, I'm thinking Gray Bird Grasshopper - S. nitens.
The markings on the side of the thorax, and the hind legs look like S. nitens, and the description in the book says highly variable in color, and spotting on the FW.
… tom murray, 26 January, 2006 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Indeterminable.
I'm not familiar with where Hidalgo County is, but it probably doesn't matter. Many specimens of Schistocerca just can't be determined, even from preserved material in some cases. Very nice image in any event.
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 January, 2006 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Near Mexico
It's on the Rio Grande, about 50 miles from the coast.
… tom murray, 27 January, 2006 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

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