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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Pygmy Grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) » Tetriginae » Paratettix » Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper (Paratettix mexicanus)
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Grasshoppers? What species? - Paratettix mexicanus
Copyright © 2009 nature boy

Grasshoppers? What species? - Paratettix mexicanus
Centennial Park in Holly Hill, Volusia County, Florida, USA
August 6, 2009
Size: 3/8 inch
Observed in close proximity of two other individuals: -- are they all the same species?
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Contributed by nature boy on 6 August, 2009 - 3:34pm
Last updated 6 August, 2009 - 5:24pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 6 August, 2009 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

Probably
Paratettix mexicanus. I'm not sure where P. mexicanus (south), and P. cucullatus (north) meet in Florida. The picture is a tad fuzzy to tell which for sure (they are very similar). A profile shot of the face is perhaps most helpful to tell these two apart. This one is adult. The other two are nymphs, and probably the same species. Color patterns vary tremendously in this subfamily of Pygmy Grasshoppers, with hardly any two exactly the same. Also, some may have short(er) pronotum and wings and others long.
… David J. Ferguson, 6 August, 2009 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

All three were located within
All three were located within 18 inches of each other but they all look a bit different. Are they different species?
… nature boy, 6 August, 2009 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Tetrigidae family (others may be more specific)
i unlinked the images: please note that you can link images of the same individual only; also, if you want to add some info to your submission it's better to edit the 'Remarks' than to post a comment
… v belov, 6 August, 2009 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you =V=.
Thank you =V=.
… nature boy, 6 August, 2009 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

 
you're welcome
As a sample, i've just edited this submission to cross-reference the three images; you can change the text and edit the other two the same way
… v belov, 6 August, 2009 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

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