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Carolina Grasshopper - Dissosteira carolina - male
Copyright © 2010 Mark Swanson

Carolina Grasshopper - Dissosteira carolina - Male
Illinois Beach State Park, Lake County, Illinois, USA
August 20, 2008
Contributed by Mark Swanson on 3 October, 2010 - 11:38am
Last updated 5 October, 2010 - 7:33am

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… Mark Swanson, 5 October, 2010 - 7:16am

a male Carolina Grasshopper
Dissosteira carolina. It is dying, or has just recently died (within less than a few hours probably) from a fungal disease.
… David J. Ferguson, 5 October, 2010 - 1:02am

 
No wonder...
it was so still (and holding onto its hind legs). Thanks.
… Mark Swanson, 5 October, 2010 - 7:15am

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