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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Lubber Grasshoppers (Romaleidae) » Grassland Lubbers (Brachystola) » Plains Lubber Grasshopper (Brachystola magna)
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Grasshopper-very small winglets - Brachystola magna - female
Copyright © 2006 dean dubois

Grasshopper-very small winglets - Brachystola magna - Female
Roxborough State Park, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
September 27, 2003
Size: about 2 inches long
This individual did not move despite my close approach with the camera. This image was taken with the end of my lens about 1 to 1.5 feet from the specimen
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Contributed by dean dubois on 4 March, 2006 - 1:21pm
Last updated 18 December, 2008 - 6:05pm

Great Pic!
Great picture Dean! But I have one thing I want to know that nobody has answered, what does that kind of Grasshopper eat?
… Krissy, 15 July, 2006 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

Wow.
This is an outstanding image of the impressive lubber grasshopper, Brachystola magna, also known as the "homesteader." Some specimens can be even more colorful, but this one is typical in color and size. Outstanding portrait!
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 March, 2006 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

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