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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Band-winged Grasshoppers (Oedipodinae) » Chortophagini » Chortophaga » Green-striped Grasshopper (Chortophaga viridifasciata) » Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (Chortophaga viridifasciata viridifasciata)
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short-horned Grasshopper - Chortophaga viridifasciata - male
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

short-horned Grasshopper - Chortophaga viridifasciata - Male
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
October 26, 2005
Size: 10-12mm
This must be an adult grasshopper this late in the fall, but it's wings are barely there, and it's a small grasshopper. I can't find anything close to this in Capinera's book (1).
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Contributed by tom murray on 27 October, 2005 - 6:33pm
Last updated 1 July, 2012 - 1:42pm

Moved
Moved from Green-striped Grasshopper.
… David J. Ferguson, 1 July, 2012 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

grasshopper nymph
Nymphal grasshoppers have the wing buds folded over the back, with the longest edge (the costa, or leading edge) of the wings upright. In adults, the wings are lowered so the costa is downwards.
… Andy Hamilton, 28 October, 2005 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Acrididae nymph.
This is definitely the nymph of an acridid grasshopper. My guess is that it is probably the greenstriped grasshopper, Chortophaga viridifasciata. Remember, you see the adults very early in the spring, so it is entirely possible they winter as nymphs. The antennae are very distinctive in this specimen, and that should help in the ID. Nice image, Tom.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 October, 2005 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric
The pronotal ridge, the antennae, and an overwintering nymph point to this species.
… tom murray, 28 October, 2005 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

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