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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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Sizeable Grasshopper - Schistocerca nitens - female
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Sizeable Grasshopper - Schistocerca nitens - Female
Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
January 10, 2007
Size: 3"
I actually measured this one - with a folded $1 bill. That shows how afraid it was of me. Which is also why I don't have the foggiest idea of wing color. It scornfully half-hopped away when I tried to encourage flight. Oh well, I did get the famed Drumstick photo for Eric. (That was easy because the other leg didn't obstruct my view.)

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 10 January, 2007 - 9:08pm
Last updated 12 December, 2010 - 1:08pm

Bird Grasshopper
It looks like the Gray Bird Grasshopper to me. Compare with these.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 January, 2007 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

 
That's it. Thanks, Lynette.
I've shot these before. Maybe next time I'll recognize one; they're the biggest ones around here, even if frequently not gray.
… Ron Hemberger, 11 January, 2007 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

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