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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Band-winged Grasshoppers (Oedipodinae) » Chortophagini
Photo#189811
Grasshopper Nymph
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Grasshopper Nymph
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
June 10, 2008
Size: 5mm (3/16")
Please help with ID.
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 11 June, 2008 - 2:32pm
Last updated 13 January, 2013 - 5:40pm

Moved
Moved from Band-winged Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 13 January, 2013 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

It's looking like the favorite candidates for this one
are either Chortophaga or Encoptolophus. I was apparently way off with the idea that it was in the Melanoplinae

Moved from Spur-throated Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 21 November, 2011 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 August, 2008 - 1:03am login or register to post comments

 
Congratulations, David, on your position as editor!
Well deserved, of course. We imagine you are enjoying the ability to see the images at their full posted size, and not having to wait for someone to find your comments and move things, but being able just to put things where they belong. Thanks again for all your work and your willingness to share!
… john and jane balaban, 10 August, 2008 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

 
It is kind'a fun
I'll try not to enjoy too much and stay "professional" about it though. :)

Seeing a cutie like this at full resolution can really help in identification too, though I haven't quite got this one figured out yet.
… David J. Ferguson, 11 August, 2008 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Yep, it's a Grasshopper alright
When they are newly hatched, they would probably be as easy to identify as when they are adults - IF - there was more documentation of just what each species looks like at this age. As it is, I'm guessing MAYBE Hesperotettix speciosus or Campylacantha olivacea. Whatever it is, I think it's in subfamily Melanoplinae, and there is another just like it on BugGuide:
… David J. Ferguson, 18 June, 2008 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

Acrididae:-)
Sorry, that is the best 'I' can do. Cute little guy...
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 June, 2008 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

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