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Species Orphulella speciosa - Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper

Orphulella speciosa - female Orphulella speciosa - female Spotted-winged or Slant-faced Pasture? - Orphulella speciosa - male Orphulella speciosa - male Grasshopper - Orphulella speciosa - female Orphulella speciosa - male Orphulella speciosa - female Orphulella speciosa - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Subfamily Gomphocerinae (Slant-faced Grasshoppers)
No Taxon (Orphulella Group)
Genus Orphulella
Species speciosa (Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)
Other Common Names
Pasture Grasshopper; Pasture Locust
Explanation of Names
Orphulella speciosa (Scudder 1862)
Habitat
Open grassy areas
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