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dark grasshopper - Trimerotropis verruculata - male
Copyright © 2009 Lynette Elliott

dark grasshopper - Trimerotropis verruculata - Male
Pack Forest, Pierce County, Washington, USA
July 11, 2009
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 16 July, 2009 - 12:16am
Last updated 16 July, 2009 - 7:06pm

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.

Thanks to you both, and it did have a yellow wing, which I should have mentioned.
… Lynette Elliott, 16 July, 2009 - 7:06pm

Can't always get them from one view like this
but this one is a male Trimerotropis verruculata ssp. suffusa.
… David J. Ferguson, 16 July, 2009 - 5:30pm

Trimerotropis?
Probably a species of Trimerotropis. Would need well-lit lateral shots to be sure...I know, not nearly as easy as it sounds!:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 July, 2009 - 9:48am

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