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Desert Grasshopper - Taeniopoda eques - male
Copyright © 2009 Michael Lloyd

Desert Grasshopper - Taeniopoda eques - Male
Big Bend National Park; Dagger Flat Auto Trail, Brewster County, Texas, USA
August 12, 2009
Contributed by Michael Lloyd on 14 August, 2009 - 9:53pm
Last updated 24 March, 2010 - 11:30pm

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… v belov, 23 September, 2009 - 6:00pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 23 September, 2009 - 3:35pm

Not an expert but...
...Horse Lubber (Taeniopoda eques)?

… Ron M., 22 September, 2009 - 11:21pm

looks like a Lubber of some type
Genus Romalea maybe ?
… Andrew Williams, 14 August, 2009 - 10:02pm

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