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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Hesperotettix genus group » Poecilotettix » Red-lined Grasshopper (Poecilotettix sanguineus)
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Desert Grasshopper - Poecilotettix sanguineus - male
Copyright © 2009 Aaron Schusteff

Desert Grasshopper - Poecilotettix sanguineus - Male
Junction of Willow Wash and Cucamongo Canyon, Inyo County, California, USA
June 17, 2009
On the cholla Cylindropuntia (Opuntia) echinocarpa. You'd think it could find a more hospitable plant to hop around on. Then again, I'm unlikely to try to brazenly grab at it if it's perched there.

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Desert Grasshopper - Poecilotettix sanguineus - male Desert Grasshopper - Poecilotettix sanguineus - male
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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 19 July, 2009 - 3:52am
Last updated 21 July, 2009 - 2:24pm

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… David J. Ferguson, 21 July, 2009 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

Poecilotettix sanguineus
It usually hangs out on Composite shrubs, but a Cactus is a good place to stay well protected. It is a male.
… David J. Ferguson, 21 July, 2009 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks David!
I just checked out Capinera et al(1) from the library. But I don't think I would have succeeded in getting the ID. Poecilotettix sanguineus is only mentioned there as a postscript to the description of P. pantherinus, and the picture might not have clicked with me. They state this is known as the "red-lined grasshopper" because of the red line along the top of the head and pronotum. Seems like this one is the "orange-lined" variety :-)

PS: You just inspired me to post another grasshopper, perhaps you could give it a look.
… Aaron Schusteff, 21 July, 2009 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

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