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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Slant-faced Grasshoppers (Gomphocerinae) » Aulocara Group » Aulocara » Big-headed Grasshopper (Aulocara elliotti)
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Big-headed Grasshopper? - Aulocara elliotti - female
Copyright © 2015 Steven Mlodinow

Big-headed Grasshopper? - Aulocara elliotti - Female
Nee So Pah Reservoir, Kiowa County, Colorado, USA
July 10, 2015
On the dash of my car, which was perched in dry grass and tamarisk near a drying-up reservoir.
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Contributed by Steven Mlodinow on 30 December, 2015 - 9:01pm
Last updated 13 January, 2016 - 4:15pm

yes - Aulocara elliotti
Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 13 January, 2016 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

Aulocara ID
per Capinera et al, the wing length and boldness of markings on outer hind femora are valid marks. Both, in this individual, point to elliotti... especially wing length, a difference which seems to hold when reviewing BugGuide photos.
… Steven Mlodinow, 5 January, 2016 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 30 December, 2015 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

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