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orange-legged grasshopper - Cratypedes lateritius
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

orange-legged grasshopper - Cratypedes lateritius
near Quincy, Plumas County, California, USA
June 28, 2006
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Contributed by tom murray on 9 July, 2006 - 9:48am
Last updated 10 April, 2008 - 3:43pm

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Moved from Band-winged Grasshoppers.
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 April, 2008 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

Cratypedes lateritius ?
This looks like Cratypedes lateritius to me, but in Plumas County it could also be Agymnastes venerabilis. I'm not familiar enough with Agymnastes species to tell from this photo. The inner face of the hind femur on Agymnastes would be blue-black with one pale cross band near the end, and on C. lateritius it would be likely lighter, maybe black, but with two pale cross bands. Since I can't seen this, I can't be sure. Did you see the wing color? If orange or red, it is probably C. lateritius, but if yellow, it could be either one. If they are that similar, one might ask why in different genera? I'm not sure, but the females look more different.
… David J. Ferguson, 5 October, 2007 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

 
David,
I'm thinking the wing color was orange/red, but I can't be sure what I saw over a year ago.
… tom murray, 6 October, 2007 - 7:28am login or register to post comments

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… Eric R. Eaton, 7 November, 2006 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

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