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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Band-winged Grasshoppers (Oedipodinae) » Trimerotropini
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Unknown Grasshopper/Locust that hops short distances like a frog
Copyright © 2017 Chelsea Hoitt

Unknown Grasshopper/Locust that hops short distances like a frog
By the Blue Mesa Reservoir, Gunnison , Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
June 19, 2017
Size: about 1/2 inch
I noticed that this bug was capable of fly/jumping several feet, but also hopped small distances, like a wee frog or toad.
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Contributed by Chelsea Hoitt on 19 June, 2017 - 9:36pm
Last updated 23 February, 2021 - 5:11pm

Moved
Moved from Band-winged Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 23 February, 2021 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

Either Circotettix or Trimerotropis
Difficult to be sure without seeing more details. My gut reaction is that it is likely Circotettix rabula, but that could be wrong.
… David J. Ferguson, 2 July, 2017 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

Identification speculation
Pallid-winged grasshopper perhaps? It just doesn't seem to fit the band-winged descriptions.
… Chelsea Hoitt, 22 June, 2017 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
This is a nymph so it would not have been flying

Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 19 June, 2017 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your input!
Do you know what it is, by chance? I wasn't sure what the correct term to use for when they leap several feet at a time, which was why I wrote jump/fly. Is there a term for this? This one hopped inch -length distances, as well as several feet. I'm still unsure if it is considered a grasshopper or locust, let alone the exact species. When I researched "nymph" so many different results came up, I wasn't sure if that was the species name, or a general category. I am eager to learn more, if you have any further information.
… Chelsea Hoitt, 22 June, 2017 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

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