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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) » Trimerotropini
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grasshopper ID - female
Copyright © 2009 Heidi Eaton

grasshopper ID - Female
Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
May 25, 2009
Size: ~15mm
I'm not sure if this little grasshopper is a nymph or one of the pygmies. Is it possible to tell from these photos?

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Contributed by Heidi Eaton on 26 May, 2009 - 10:23am
Last updated 8 June, 2014 - 9:55am

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 6 January, 2010 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 24 September, 2009 - 7:36am login or register to post comments

Baby Band-winged
Looks like a band-winged grasshopper nymph to me...quite possibly a female Carolina (Dissosteira carolina), if only because that's one of the most common species and all the details I can see are consistent with what they look like at this young age. You'd really need to see the profile of her back and be familiar with what species are in your immediate area to say for sure, though...there are several species that look pretty similar as nymphs, at least to me!

A good clear look at a grasshopper's back can also usually make it possible to age it and determine whether you do indeed have a nymph in hand or an adult with unusual wings (which is why I presume you're wondering about whether this was a pygmy hopper, yes?). The following link is to a good page to help you with this the next time you find a 'short-winged' grasshopper!

http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/grasshopper/Handbook/VI/VI_7/page_3.htm
… Heimchen, 26 May, 2009 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

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