Grashopper 1 - Arphia behrensi

In that case we'll move them over to the next species north

which has yellow wings. They are pretty hard to tell apart without seeing the wings. In fact, they may not even really be different species at all. Santa Cruz County is about where the two colors come in contact, and it would be interesting to see if they fly together in the area as one population, or if they actually behave as if different things.

Moved from California Orange-winged Grasshopper.

… David J. Ferguson, 11 October, 2010 - 2:18pm

Santa Cruz County

is where everything north ends, and every thing south ends.

Scott's Creek near the ocean, not far from Big Basin where most of my photos and plant education occurs, has the most species of plants per sq acre of any place recorded on earth.
Anyone I run into that speaks in absolutes, about anything from reptiles to plants, in this area, that doesn't hedge their bet due to location... I wonder about, as even our Coastal Redwood Trees are different, often enough visibly, then the ones north of the Golden gate bridge.
The land of 'not absolutes'. Maybe we should just have a 'Santa Cruz Variation' to stick on all living things here.

… Scott Peden, 11 October, 2010 - 6:08pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… David J. Ferguson, 9 October, 2010 - 12:11am

Thanks!

that was fast! I've a dozen or more grasshoppers to submit, it will take time at 3 per day. Hopefully all of them are identifiable or important to know for my locations.

… Scott Peden, 9 October, 2010 - 12:19am

It dawns on me that I should have asked

wing color. If it was yellow, it was probably actually Arphia behrensi. I'll look forward to seeing the rest of your photos. There are amazingly few Grasshoppers posted from California.

… David J. Ferguson, 9 October, 2010 - 12:25am

wing color

Might have been yellow, it didn't really catch my attention, like the red winged ones do.

Should I just submit all the grasshoppers at once?

… Scott Peden, 9 October, 2010 - 1:04am

wing color

Having thought on this much of the day, I'm fairly certain it was yellow.

… Scott Peden, 10 October, 2010 - 1:39am