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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Cyrtacanthacridinae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Schistocerca) » Obscure Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura)
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Schistocerca obscura - female
Copyright © 2016 pabu

Schistocerca obscura - Female
Pinellas County, Florida, USA
January 6, 2015

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Schistocerca obscura - female Schistocerca obscura - female
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Contributed by pabu on 24 July, 2016 - 2:00pm
Last updated 25 September, 2016 - 1:44am

It can be a tough call, but she looks like S. obscura to me.
Moved from Bird Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 September, 2016 - 1:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… metrioptera, 24 July, 2016 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

 
I didn't realize
that I have a photo that appears to be closer. Does this help in distinguishing the species?
… pabu, 24 July, 2016 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Unfortunately, this is a female, and most of the diagnostic characters have to do with the various structures on the end of the male's abdomen. Others with more experience may be able to determine her, but I haven't had too much experience with these and have mixed up some of the species before.
… metrioptera, 25 July, 2016 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for the id correction.
I had not seen the link that indicates that Schistocerca alutacea, S. lineata, S. obscura and S. rubiginosa can be easily misidentified for one another. At least those are the ones that could occur in Florida.
… pabu, 25 July, 2016 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

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