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Immature Gray Bird? - Schistocerca
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Immature Gray Bird? - Schistocerca
Westminster, Orange County, California, USA
October 1, 2014
I have photographed quite a few grasshoppers on the pineapple sage in the back yard. I'm starting to think they may be the same grasshopper species, just different phases.

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Immature Gray Bird? - Schistocerca Immature Gray Bird? - Schistocerca
Contributed by Woodworker on 1 November, 2014 - 1:14pm
Last updated 1 November, 2014 - 2:44pm

Quite likely you are correct
especially since other Schistocerca species are less likely to be at this growth stage except in spring and early summer.
… David J. Ferguson, 7 June, 2017 - 11:33am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 1 November, 2014 - 2:44pm

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