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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Cyrtacanthacridinae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Schistocerca) » Obscure Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura)
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photogenic grasshopper - Schistocerca obscura - male
Copyright © 2008 Jean W Watson

photogenic grasshopper - Schistocerca obscura - Male
Newbern, Alabama USA, Hale County, Alabama, USA
October 11, 2006
Size: 2 1/2 inches
Can you identify this Alabama grasshopper?
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Contributed by Jean W Watson on 25 July, 2008 - 9:37pm
Last updated 17 July, 2009 - 8:58pm

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… john and jane balaban, 29 July, 2008 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

Schistocerca obscura
The yellow spot on side of thorax, dark bars on top of hind femur, and black (apparently) hind tibiae all match this species.
… David J. Ferguson, 28 July, 2008 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

Bird grasshopper.
This is one of the "bird grasshoppers" in the genus Schistocerca. At least 2-3 species look exactly like this, so I can't be more specific.
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 July, 2008 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
bird grasshopper
Would it possibly be the adult form of the green grasshopper nymphs I posted?
… Jean W Watson, 26 July, 2008 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

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