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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Hesperotettix genus group » Hypochlora » Mugwort Grasshopper (Hypochlora alba)
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Lakin Grasshopper variant? - Hypochlora alba - female
Copyright © 2015 Steven Mlodinow

Lakin Grasshopper variant? - Hypochlora alba - Female
Picture Rock Trail, Heil Ranch, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
September 12, 2015
Size: 2-2.5 cm approx
Tall grass in foothills of Front Range at about 6000 feet elevation

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Lakin Grasshopper variant? - Hypochlora alba - female Lakin Grasshopper variant? - Hypochlora alba - female
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Contributed by Steven Mlodinow on 13 September, 2015 - 8:35pm
Last updated 14 September, 2015 - 12:50pm

Hypochlora alba
Found almost exclusively on Artemisia ludoviciana, but occasionally will move on to related plants if something happens to their original host (mowing, cows, or whatever). They are pretty common, but rarely collected. However, if you find a good patch of the host plant, you will probably find the grasshoppers.

It is in the same subfamily as Melanoplus, but probably closer to Hesperotettix and Campylacantha. Long-winged individuals do rarely occur and they can fly quite well.

Grey green like this one is the usual color, but occasionally they are light gray, brown, or somewhat brighter green (seems to depend somewhat on the condition of the host plant when they were growing up).

Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 14 September, 2015 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Reminds me of Campylacantha olivacea

Moved from ID Request.
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