Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Register
·
Log In
Home
Guide
ID Request
Recent
Frass
Forums
Donate
Help
Clickable Guide
Calendar
Upcoming Events
Registration
is open for the
2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho
July 24-27
Moth submissions
from
National Moth Week 2023
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico
, July 20-24
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana
, April 28-May 2
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2019 gathering in Louisiana
, July 25-27
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2018 gathering in Virginia
, July 27-29
Previous events
Taxonomy
Browse
Info
Images
Links
Books
Data
Home
» Guide »
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
»
Hexapods (Hexapoda)
»
Insects (Insecta)
»
Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera)
»
Grasshoppers (Caelifera)
»
Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae)
»
Band-winged Grasshoppers (Oedipodinae)
»
Trimerotropini
»
Spharagemon
»
Mottled Sand Grasshopper (Spharagemon collare)
Photo#336164
Copyright © 2009
brian flaig
Grasshopper -
Spharagemon collare
Northwest, Minnesota, USA
September 18, 2009
Found this well-camouflaged mating pair recently. Species? Thanks
tag
·
login
or
register
to post comments
Contributed by
brian flaig
on 23 September, 2009 - 10:47am
Last updated 23 September, 2009 - 11:33pm
Moved
Moved from
Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids
.
…
v belov
, 23 September, 2009 - 6:03pm
login
or
register
to post comments
*
*
…
v belov
, 23 September, 2009 - 6:00pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Moved
Moved from
ID Request
.
…
v belov
, 23 September, 2009 - 6:00pm
login
or
register
to post comments
A shade of doubt because of poor focus
However, I'm pretty sure they are
Spharagemon collare
. The only other option is
S. marmorata
, but they look too stocky, with the ridge on the pronotum too high for that species. Also, that species usually has a dark ring near the base of the hind tibia (the orange part of the hind leg).
…
David J. Ferguson
, 23 September, 2009 - 2:14pm
login
or
register
to post comments
.
.
…
David J. Ferguson
, 23 September, 2009 - 2:14pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Comment viewing options
Flat list - collapsed
Flat list - expanded
Threaded list - collapsed
Threaded list - expanded
Date - newest first
Date - oldest first
10 comments per page
30 comments per page
50 comments per page
70 comments per page
90 comments per page
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.