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Colorful Grasshopper - Brachystola magna
Copyright © 2006 grandmaskippy

Colorful Grasshopper - Brachystola magna
Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
September 4, 2006
Size: 4.5 inches
We had a very rainy August. Along with a bumper crop of weeds came a bumper crop of these. These look like the "Arnold Scwartzeneggar" of the grasshopper world. They are huge and colorful. I searched the internet and I think this is a "Lubber" or "Homesteader" grasshopper.
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Contributed by grandmaskippy on 19 September, 2006 - 7:34pm
Last updated 17 October, 2006 - 10:01am

Yep!
This looks like the Plains Lubber Grasshopper (Brachystola magna). They are quite common throughout the great plains, and it is one of two lubbers in your state. The other is the Horse Lubber Grasshopper (Taeniopoda eques), which is much darker than this one.
… Michael Garcia, 20 September, 2006 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

Very pretty
Thanks for posting your hopper, and welcome to Bug Guide. Hopefully, an expert will be along shortly with an ID.
… Ron Hemberger, 19 September, 2006 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

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