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Grasshopper - Schistocerca damnifica - male
Copyright © 2007 Jeff Hollenbeck

Grasshopper - Schistocerca damnifica - Male
Okeechobee County, Florida, USA
January 27, 2007

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Grasshopper - Schistocerca damnifica - male Grasshopper - Schistocerca damnifica - male
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 28 January, 2007 - 10:15am
Last updated 1 October, 2008 - 1:32am

Moved
Moved from Bird Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 August, 2008 - 9:24pm

Schistocerca sp.
Hard to tell which kind of bird grasshopper this is. I know there are some species peculiar to Florida, or at least the southeast, and this may be one of them. Still, there is a great deal of individual variation:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 January, 2007 - 2:23pm

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