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Hooded Grouse Locust Nymph - Paratettix cucullatus
Copyright © 2009 Bruce Marlin

Hooded Grouse Locust Nymph - Paratettix cucullatus
Warrenville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
March 30, 2009
Size: 5mm
Extra credit for identifying the spider. These guys are tiny 5mm.
The hopper pretty much ignored the spider, and just walked away, unconcerned.

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Contributed by Bruce Marlin on 30 March, 2009 - 7:50pm
Last updated 17 March, 2023 - 1:36pm

Paratettix cucullatus
I won't get the extra credit though :)

This looks like a mostly grown nymph.
… David J. Ferguson, 30 March, 2009 - 10:36pm

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