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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Pygmy Grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) » Tetriginae » Tetrix » Obscure Pygmy Grasshopper (Tetrix arenosa)
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Tiny Mottled Grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa
Copyright © 2005 Bob Patterson

Tiny Mottled Grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa
Bowie, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
April 5, 2005
Size: 12 mm
I assume this is an immature specimen. I have no idea if it has wings. I do know it can jump/zip horizontally at least 50x its body length.....and fast!

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Contributed by Bob Patterson on 7 April, 2005 - 1:09am
Last updated 8 October, 2008 - 6:38pm

Moved
Moved from Pygmy Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 October, 2008 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

Very much mature Tetrix arenosa
In fact this one has long wings and can fly (show better under the pronotum in the second photo).
… David J. Ferguson, 8 October, 2008 - 2:37am login or register to post comments

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