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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Slant-faced Grasshoppers (Gomphocerinae) » Mermiria Group - Toothpick Grasshoppers » Acantherus » Slender Range Grasshopper (Acantherus piperatus)
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unkn brwn&blk G-hopper - Acantherus piperatus - male
Copyright © 2007 Bob Beatson

unkn brwn&blk G-hopper - Acantherus piperatus - Male
Cienega Creek Preserve, Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 7, 2007
Size: ~2cm
Could this be a Montezuma's G-hopper, male? The antennae don't look like the female's I've seen, but don't know what it is. Can someone out there ID? 1st of 2

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unkn brwn&blk G-hopper - Acantherus piperatus - male unkn brwn&blk G-hopper - Acantherus piperatus - male
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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 8 September, 2007 - 10:31am
Last updated 17 August, 2009 - 3:01pm

No.
This is a different species of slant-faced grasshopper. I have secured a couple specimens lately, so will key them out eventually and get back to you:-) Update: I'm going to classify this as the slender range grasshopper, Acantherus piperatus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 September, 2007 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks again
Eric - If it turns out to be something else, please let me know.
… Bob Beatson, 13 September, 2007 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

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