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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Pygmy Grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) » Batrachideinae » Tettigidea » Black-sided Pygmy Grasshopper (Tettigidea lateralis)
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Slant-faced Grasshopper? - Tettigidea lateralis - female
Copyright © 2006 Nolie Schneider

Slant-faced Grasshopper? - Tettigidea lateralis - Female
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
July 31, 2006
Can anyone ID this grasshopper, which appeared in my moth trap this morning?

Nolie
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Contributed by Nolie Schneider on 31 July, 2006 - 7:09pm
Last updated 28 December, 2011 - 11:09am

indeed it is Tettigidea lateralis
Moved from Pygmy Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 7 October, 2008 - 10:27pm login or register to post comments

Tettigidea lateralis - probably
I haven't really gone through the Pygmies on BugGuide yet, but hope to soon. This one looks like this species to me. A female. There are other species in the genus, and I will double check myself soon. In the mean time, here are links to similar ones. The length of the pronotum and wings can vary a lot within species:
… David J. Ferguson, 14 March, 2008 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Tettigidea lateralis - probably
Thank you, David.

Nolie
… Nolie Schneider, 14 March, 2008 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

Tetrigidae-Pygmy Grasshopper
Tetrigidae-Pygmy Grasshopper genus may be Tettigidea
… Dennis Profant, 31 July, 2006 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Tetrigidae-Pygmy Grasshopper
Could it be a Tetrix, Denis? I notice that Tetrix subulata, although not identical to my specimen, has the same plain light-brown back.

Nolie
… Nolie Schneider, 1 August, 2006 - 7:13am login or register to post comments

 
Tetrigidae-Pygmy Grasshopper
Thank you, Denis.

Nolie
… Nolie Schneider, 1 August, 2006 - 6:41am login or register to post comments

 
Moved
to family page.
… Chuck Entz, 1 August, 2006 - 12:21am login or register to post comments

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