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Acrididae - Circotettix maculatus - male
Copyright © 2017 Graham Montgomery

Acrididae - Circotettix maculatus - Male
Bishop Pass, Fresno County, California, USA
July 29, 2017
~11,980 ft. Several grasshoppers were around (presumably the same species), and I saw dark wings when they flew, perhaps black. They'd often do some kind of loud, almost hovering display flight.
Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 4 August, 2017 - 3:52pm
Last updated 10 September, 2017 - 11:35pm

Moved
Moved from Band-winged Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 September, 2017 - 11:35pm

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… metrioptera, 5 August, 2017 - 9:53am

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