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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Dactylotini » Dactylotum » Rainbow Grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor)
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Barberpole grasshopper - Dactylotum bicolor - female
Copyright © 2010 Kyle Byerly

Barberpole grasshopper - Dactylotum bicolor - Female
Devil's Backbone Open Space, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
August 2, 2009
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Contributed by Kyle Byerly on 9 January, 2010 - 6:13pm
Last updated 6 October, 2011 - 11:26pm

Only one species looks like this.
"Barber Pole" is one name, "Rainbow" another, "Uncle Sam" yet another, and there are likely lots of others too. This one tends to get a lot of attention.

However, this one is a female, so I suppose maybe it's "Aunt Samantha" ??? :o)

Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 January, 2010 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

Rainbow Grasshopper?
It looks a lot like this one, but wait for a second opinion.
… tom murray, 9 January, 2010 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Same area
Devil's Backbone is on basically the SW side of Fort Collins.
… Kyle Byerly, 10 January, 2010 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

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