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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Slant-faced Grasshoppers (Gomphocerinae) » Orphulella Group » Dichromorpha » Short-winged Green Grasshopper (Dichromorpha viridis)
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Abdominal structure of Grasshopper - Dichromorpha viridis - female
Copyright © 2004 Lew Scharpf

Abdominal structure of Grasshopper - Dichromorpha viridis - Female
Auburn, Alabama, USA
August 20, 2004
Can anyone explain the unusual structural nature of the abdomen on this grasshopper?
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Contributed by Lew Scharpf on 23 August, 2004 - 8:49pm
Last updated 17 July, 2010 - 11:44pm

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… David J. Ferguson, 10 August, 2008 - 1:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 August, 2008 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

Dichromorpha viridis - I think
Nasty way to go. I sure wouldn't want to catch anything like what killed this one! It looks like it died freshly molted out of the last nymphal skin, since the wings are not spread, yet they are adult wings. It is female.
… David J. Ferguson, 19 May, 2008 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

Fungus
I'd say it has succumbed to a fungal infection.
… Troy Bartlett, 23 August, 2004 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

 
And check this
Apparently fungus is actually used to control grasshopper populations.
… Troy Bartlett, 23 August, 2004 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Fungal infections
Thanks Troy. Your references are most interesting reading. I tend to agree that this specimen has a microbial infection of some type.
… Lew Scharpf, 23 August, 2004 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Some reading
Here's an article which describes how a fungus infected an ant. Interesting reading.
… Troy Bartlett, 23 August, 2004 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

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