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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Slant-faced Grasshoppers (Gomphocerinae) » Orphulella Group » Dichromorpha » Short-winged Green Grasshopper (Dichromorpha viridis)
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Grasshopper Nymph - Dichromorpha viridis
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Grasshopper Nymph - Dichromorpha viridis
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
July 30, 2009
This grasshopper looks as though it were built with Legos. If it's not going to look like Legos when it grows, what might it be?
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 19 July, 2009 - 4:06pm
Last updated 31 December, 2009 - 1:33am

Moved
Moved from Slant-faced Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 31 December, 2009 - 1:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 8 August, 2009 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

two reasons they might not show up
One is that the pattern and intensity of markings varies from place to place and individual to individual. Sometimes markings are missing on one and strong on another of the same found right next to it. Even the color can be totally different. Another is that on the older nymphs, the wings hide the dark spots near the base of the abdomen. The one in the top photo is probably newly hatched, and the one in the thumbnail is nearly full grown, so age is making a difference too.
… David J. Ferguson, 31 July, 2009 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

 
Might We Conclude
this is a Dichromorpha viridis nymph or is the jury still out?
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 31 July, 2009 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

 
tell you what
I've got some good photos of a number of species for comparison, and I'll do just that. There are a few of these little guys here on BugGuide, and when I get done, I'll move them to species if I'm certain (maybe early next week). I'm pretty sure, but want to be more so. They can be pretty confusing when new-born like this one.
… David J. Ferguson, 31 July, 2009 - 11:19am login or register to post comments

Looks newly hatched
I'll come back to this one later, but right now a first best guess - might be a nymph of Dichromorpha viridis. It's definitely a Slant-face Grasshopper (subfamily Gomphocerinae).
… David J. Ferguson, 21 July, 2009 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Short-Winged Grasshopper Nymph
The barred antennae, the pattern on the pronotum, the bar pattern on hind legs of this Dichromorpha viridis nymph look very like my specimen



However, the dark marks on my specimen's thorax do nor show up on other specimens. Are these marks diagnostic?
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 31 July, 2009 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

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