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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Pygmy Grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) » Tetriginae » Tetrix » Obscure Pygmy Grasshopper (Tetrix arenosa)
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Pygmy Grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Elliott

Pygmy Grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 2, 2006
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 5 April, 2006 - 3:22pm
Last updated 8 October, 2008 - 6:53pm

Moved
Moved from Pygmy Grasshoppers.
… Lynette Elliott, 8 October, 2008 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

Tetrix arenosus
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… David J. Ferguson, 8 October, 2008 - 1:04am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks David,
What's the difference between Tetrix arenosus and arenosa - Obscure Pygmy Grasshopper?
… Lynette Elliott, 8 October, 2008 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

 
just the ending
I just noticed too that some books have it ending "us" and others "a". I checked the Orthoptera Species File from the Philadelphia Academy, and they have it ending in "a", so that's what I'll do from now on. Tried to fix them all, but some were already past the editable point.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 October, 2008 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

Saw in Piedmont too
I just saw several of these around Jordan Lake, Chatham County, but did not get a photo. I thought they were nymphs at first, but realized they flew, not just leapt. Might be Tetrix.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 6 April, 2006 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

Fabulous shot.
What a fantastic image. Demonstrates that the critter is well camouflaged, yet you can actually see it! :-) Nice job, Lynette.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 April, 2006 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

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