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Pink Grasshopper - Chortophaga viridifasciata - female

Pink Grasshopper - Chortophaga viridifasciata - Female
League City, Galveston County, Texas, USA
January 26, 2014
Size: approx. 4 cm
Spotted by my friend in a open, mowed field, in a power line easement, near a detention pond, at around 1400 hours. Photo taken with my telephone. Is it missing back legs?

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a nymph of Chortophaga viridifasciata
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Pretty coloration on this one! And yes, both back legs are missing...

 
a nymph of Chortophaga viridifasciata
Thank you!

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