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Nevada Point-Head Grasshopper (Acrolophitus nevadensis)
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Copyright © 2017
David J. Ferguson
Acrolophitus nevadensis
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Hwy. 60, Very Large Arrey, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
July 26, 2017
Size: 35 mm, face to wing tip
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Contributed by
David J. Ferguson
on 15 August, 2017 - 11:17pm
Last updated 16 August, 2017 - 4:39pm
I was hunting specifically for this species, and
found four specimens on this day (one was female). I could not see an obvious association with any particular plant species (all four specimens were nearest to different kinds of plants). They flew up from the ground much as an average Bandwing Grasshopper might do. I think I detected a faint clicking crepetation when the males flew, but my hearing isn't what it used to be. The fact that both were photographed with
Euphorbia
(
Chamaesyce
) species is has to do with where I placed them (or tried to) to photograph them, and they weren't directly associated with this plant.
Two were found in a sandhills habitat and two at the margin of a dried playa.
They fly somewhat more powerfully and gracefully than either
A. hirtipes
or
A. maculipennis
.
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David J. Ferguson
, 16 August, 2017 - 4:31pm
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