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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Cyrtacanthacridinae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Schistocerca) » Gray Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens)
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large grasshopper - Schistocerca nitens - female
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large grasshopper - Schistocerca nitens - Female
Highland Haven, Burnet County, Texas, USA
March 22, 2013
Size: 2+"
This was a large, 2+" grasshopper with pretty markings and a piece that looked rather like a shield on top of its head. It also had what appeared to be gray eyes.I was wondering what kind it was...an American Bird grasshopper, maybe ? Thanks so much for yur help....Denise K.

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Contributed by nature4me on 25 March, 2013 - 1:16pm
Last updated 29 March, 2013 - 5:21pm

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… metrioptera, 29 March, 2013 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

Correct - a female Gray Bird Grasshopper
Closely related to the "American Bird Grasshopper" - Schistocerca americana.

They often live through the winter as adults, and especially tend to get noticed in winter and early spring when there are few other large insects around. They also get noticed when hundreds come to lights, often in the late summer or autumn.
… David J. Ferguson, 29 March, 2013 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
Shistocerca nitens?

… metrioptera, 25 March, 2013 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

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