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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Pygmy Grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) » Tetriginae » Paratettix » Hooded Grouse Locust (Paratettix cucullatus)
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pygmy grassshopper - Paratettix cucullatus - male
Copyright © 2008 Robin McLeod

pygmy grassshopper - Paratettix cucullatus - Male
Parkhill Conservation Area, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
September 20, 2008
Size: body 10-12 mm
16-18 mm to wing tips. On sandy margin of pond. Tetrix is a guess based on similarity to this photo in the Guide.

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pygmy grassshopper - Paratettix cucullatus - male pygmy grassshopper - top view - Paratettix cucullatus - male
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 September, 2008 - 6:15pm
Last updated 26 September, 2012 - 9:07pm

Definitely helps
From this angle it's possible to see that the fastigium (between the eyes on top) doesn't stick out in front of the eyes, and is rather narrow.

This and Tetrix arenosus can look confusingly similar.

Moved from Tetrix.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 October, 2008 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for that info, David.
… Robin McLeod, 11 October, 2008 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

I would
suspect this of being Tetrix arenosus or Paratettix cucullatus, but I can't be absolutely certain without seeing a top view. The two are fairly similar in a lot of characters.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 October, 2008 - 4:00am login or register to post comments

 
OK
I've added a top view, the only other shot I got.
… Robin McLeod, 8 October, 2008 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

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