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High Plains Grasshopper - Dissosteira longipennis

High Plains Grasshopper - Dissosteira longipennis
Chico Basin Ranch (38.490051 -104.419992 E5075’), Pueblo County, Colorado, USA
July 13, 2017
grazed shortgrass prairie; forewings strongly mottled with dark specks, hindwings mostly dark with pale distal margin; hind tibia yellow-orange; hind femur yellow and black banded; pronotum medial ridge elevated with a single conspicuous cut; strong flyer, but did not have butterfly-like flight of Dissosteira carolina; site found by Bill Maynard

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