Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Register
·
Log In
Home
Guide
ID Request
Recent
Frass
Forums
Donate
Help
Clickable Guide
Calendar
Upcoming Events
Registration
is open for the
2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho
July 24-27
Moth submissions
from
National Moth Week 2023
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico
, July 20-24
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana
, April 28-May 2
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2019 gathering in Louisiana
, July 25-27
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2018 gathering in Virginia
, July 27-29
Previous events
Taxonomy
Browse
Info
Images
Links
Books
Data
Home
» Guide »
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
»
Hexapods (Hexapoda)
»
Insects (Insecta)
»
Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera)
»
Grasshoppers (Caelifera)
»
Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae)
»
Band-winged Grasshoppers (Oedipodinae)
»
Trimerotropini
»
Microtes
»
Little Buzzer Grasshopper (Microtes occidentalis)
Photo#138267
Copyright © 2007
Will Chatfield-Taylor
Microtes occidentalis
-
Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California, USA
August 12, 2007
Size: 2cm
Specialty of the coastal dunes, one of four species in the Nearctic
tag
·
login
or
register
to post comments
Contributed by
Will Chatfield-Taylor
on 20 August, 2007 - 10:02pm
Last updated 21 July, 2009 - 6:27pm
Setae
Will, the numerous setae you pointed out in
another post
are really wonderfully illustrated in these images! I don't suppose you would be willing to do an extreme crop showing this feature and add it to this series! It seems a shame that currently only editors and experts will be able to view the image large enough to see this fascinating anatomical detail.
…
Harsi S. Parker
, 21 July, 2009 - 6:26pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Comment viewing options
Flat list - collapsed
Flat list - expanded
Threaded list - collapsed
Threaded list - expanded
Date - newest first
Date - oldest first
10 comments per page
30 comments per page
50 comments per page
70 comments per page
90 comments per page
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.