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Grasshopper on Typha domingensis - Leptysma marginicollis

Grasshopper on Typha domingensis - Leptysma marginicollis
Santa Ana Mountains, San Juan Hot Springs, Orange County, California, USA
October 15, 2004
Size: 5 cm?
This beauty was feeding on leaves of southern cat-tail (Typha domingensis) and posed on the inflorescence for a short while. I did not take the specimen. I hope someone can put an ID on it for me. A friend suggested Paropomala pallida but I'm not convinced.

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Grasshopper on Typha domingensis
Thank you, John & Jeff!

Leptysma marginicollis hebardi
This is a cattail toothpick grasshopper. There's a western subspecies hebardi.

Maybe
Maybe Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper (Leptysma marginicollis)
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