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Species Orphulella speciosa - Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper

Dark variant for New Brunswick on the last day of summer - 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

Internet References

OSF

Contributed by Tom Bentley on 27 August, 2007 - 10:10pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Chuck Entz, David Ferguson, v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 8 February, 2023 - 6:15pm

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