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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Pygmy Grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) » Tetriginae » Tetrix » Obscure Pygmy Grasshopper (Tetrix arenosa)
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Pygmy Grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Pygmy Grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa
Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 29, 2004
Size: smaller than a cricket
These are very very small.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 23 January, 2005 - 1:31pm
Last updated 10 October, 2008 - 6:18pm

Tetrix arenosa
seems to be by far the best fit, though a closer shot that shows more detail, and some other angles as well makes these easier to identify. I haven't tried taking any photos of these yet. I have a feeling my little 5 megapixle point and shoot wouldn't do this well one something this tiny!

Moved from Pygmy Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 October, 2008 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

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… David J. Ferguson, 8 October, 2008 - 2:44am login or register to post comments

Size etc.
If size can't be estimated in millimetres or inches, comparison to another well-known species, such as a house fly or fall field cricket, would be helpful. Would this one be smaller than a cricket? And would that estimate include the wings, or just the body?
Where was this photo taken?
… Robin McLeod, 23 January, 2005 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
size
Smaller than a field cricket with the wings included.
… Lynette Elliott, 23 January, 2005 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

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