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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) » Gomphocerus Group » Chorthippus » Marsh Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus curtipennis)
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slender grasshopper - Chorthippus curtipennis - male
Copyright © 2009 Molly Jacobson

slender grasshopper - Chorthippus curtipennis - Male
Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
August 30, 2009
Found it because it was chirping in the grass.

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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 31 August, 2009 - 9:50am
Last updated 30 October, 2009 - 10:34pm

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… Molly Jacobson, 1 September, 2009 - 5:44am login or register to post comments

Chorthippus curtipennis - male
Once you learn to look what is making noises, it's fun to see what the "culprit" is. Most species of grasshopper sound a little different, and you can actually learn to tell which song goes with which kind. It's amazing how loud some can be for their size.

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