Big Slender Grasshopper - Pseudopomala brachyptera

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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) » Mermiria Group - Toothpick Grasshoppers » Pseudopomala » Short-winged Toothpick Grasshopper (Pseudopomala brachyptera)

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Copyright © 2007 Sam Houston

Big Slender Grasshopper - Pseudopomala brachyptera -

Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
June 19, 2007
Size: 1 1/2"

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Big Slender Grasshopper - Pseudopomala brachyptera - female

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 20 June, 2007 - 10:40pm
Last updated 26 June, 2009 - 5:46pm

Moved

Moved from Mermiria.

… David J. Ferguson, 10 August, 2008 - 1:53am

Not Mermiria, not a nymph! Pseudopomala brachyptera

Hi, To be honest, I don't know why this isn't in the genus Mermiria, I suppose the (usually) short wings get it it's own genus. There isn't a lot to distinguish it, and long-winged individuals can be confusingly similar to Mermiria picta (= neomexicana). This is an adult female. The wings would be flipped the other way, shorter, more triangular, and probably wouldn't touch on top in a nymph. Didn't really think about it at first, but this could be a state record as well??? When I was a kid, it was not recorded from Colorado, but it turned up in numerous locations in the northeast part of Colorado and in western Nebraska (mostly when I started surveying for USDA).

… David J. Ferguson, 6 October, 2007 - 2:19am

Mermeria sp.

This can only be Mermeria given the size (and it is still a nymph!) Nice find, nice images of this slant-faced grasshopper.

… Eric R. Eaton, 21 June, 2007 - 1:24pm

It's still a nymph ?! Wow! Ho

It's still a nymph ?! Wow! How big do they get ?

… Sam Houston, 21 June, 2007 - 1:29pm

Another half inch at least.

I have an adult or two in my collection that exceed two inches.

… Eric R. Eaton, 22 June, 2007 - 3:50pm

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