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Mormon Cricket - Anabrus simplex - female
Copyright © 2007 Tanya Dapkey

Mormon Cricket - Anabrus simplex - Female
Yellowstone National Park, Boiling River, Park County, Wyoming, USA
July 14, 2007
Eating what looked like another female mormon cricket. You can see the ovipositor of the victim
Contributed by Tanya Dapkey on 26 July, 2007 - 8:15am
Last updated 10 August, 2015 - 3:22pm

Seems that only A. simplex is in Wyoming
Moved from Anabrus.
… David J. Ferguson, 11 October, 2009 - 10:58pm

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