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Mischievous Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca damnifica)
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Copyright © 2007
Rick Miller
Mischievous or Carolina? -
Schistocerca damnifica
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New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
October 21, 2007
I can't determine a correct ID. If it helps, it was eating a rose petal.
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Contributed by
Rick Miller
on 28 October, 2007 - 7:53pm
Last updated 1 October, 2008 - 1:34am
Moved
Moved from
Bird Grasshoppers
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David J. Ferguson
, 1 October, 2008 - 1:29am
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Schistocerca damnifica
it is.
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David J. Ferguson
, 28 July, 2008 - 12:36pm
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I would say [i]Schistocerca d
I would say
Schistocerca damnifica
as it lacks the requisite notch in the pronotum of
Dissosteira carolina
. However, I'm not entirely sure that this is the Mischivious Bird Grasshopper; I am entirely sure it is not a Carolina Grasshopper. Which bird grasshopper it is could be the subject of debate - they are so difficult to tell apart. Either way, your photo is very good. Rather unique, pale, coloration, which sometimes suggests the grasshopper recently completed its final molt. If that's the case, the coloration should darken over a period of time.
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Chad Lensbower
, 29 October, 2007 - 10:44am
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