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Horse Lubber Grasshopper at Big Bend National Park - Taeniopoda eques - female
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Horse Lubber Grasshopper at Big Bend National Park - Taeniopoda eques - Female
Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, USA
September 7, 2010
Size: about 2-3 inches long
This Grasshopper was in the road in a desert area of Big Bend National Park.
Contributed by gregpage1465 on 18 October, 2010 - 7:30pm
Last updated 19 October, 2010 - 12:25pm

a female
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 18 October, 2010 - 10:17pm

Wait for the Grasshopper experts, but
take a look at the Horse Lubber (Taeniopoda eques):



EDIT: Wow. Five minutes too slow! :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 October, 2010 - 7:48pm

Horse Lubber grasshopper
Taeniopoda eques
… IanF, 18 October, 2010 - 7:43pm

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