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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Band-winged Grasshoppers (Oedipodinae) » Arphiini » Arphia » Red-winged Grasshopper (Arphia pseudonietana)
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Black G-hopper - Arphia pseudonietana - male
Copyright © 2006 Bob Beatson

Black G-hopper - Arphia pseudonietana - Male
Baboquivari Mts., Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 29, 2006
Size: ~35-40mm
Solid black g-hopper with bright orangish-red wings when flying. Pretty distinct critter - anybody have an IDea?
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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 29 September, 2006 - 11:21pm
Last updated 10 September, 2008 - 5:56pm

This is a...
male.
… Anthony Magee, 3 September, 2007 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

Red-winged Hopper?
I think you may have a Northwestern red-winged or just plain red-winged grasshopper (Arphia pseudonietana)here. A lot are more of a mottled brown colour, but black forms can apparently occur. Here are links to a couple of photos I was able to find of the darker variants (scroll down on the first link--first image may not show)...

http://www.opsu.edu/UnivSchools/ScienceMathNurs/PlantsGrassh/grasshoppers/files/arphia_pseudonietana.html

http://www.naturesongs.com/photos/redwing5926-1s.jpg

The naturesongs.com site also has a recording of the clicking sound these grasshoppers make when they fly. For a look at what the wings look like when spread, try:

http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/grasshopper/ID_Tools/F_Sheets/redwing.htm
… Heimchen, 30 September, 2006 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

 
Confirmed.
This species is just spectacular, once you see the scarlet hind wings:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 October, 2006 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Heimchen. I think you nailed it. That last is a great site - just marked it for the future. Have long wondered about their natural history and what these little hoppers were.
… Bob Beatson, 30 September, 2006 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

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