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Leather-colored Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca alutacea)
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Copyright © 2007
Ed Corey
Dismal Swamp S. alutacea -
Schistocerca alutacea
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Dismal Swamp State Park, Camden County, North Carolina, USA
September 25, 2007
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Contributed by
Ed Corey
on 27 November, 2007 - 1:22pm
Obscura?
As I understand the difference, the subgenital plate for
S. alutacea
should be rounded and U-shaped, as described and illustrated in Capinera et al (2004)'s field guide (p. 143). This grasshopper seems to have sharply pointed and notched subgenital plate which should be
S. obscura
, I think.
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Chuck Sexton
, 15 October, 2015 - 5:18am
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Nevermind - my confusion
See remarks under 1st image.
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Chuck Sexton
, 15 October, 2015 - 5:23am
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