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grasshopper - Dichromorpha viridis - male

grasshopper - Dichromorpha viridis - Male
New Market, Madison County, Alabama, USA
July 25, 2006
Size: about an inch
This is a grasshopper that is always common in my yard in the summer. I have no idea what species it is but they can be brown or green or sometimes both.

Dichromorpha viridis?
I believe this is a male marsh meadow grasshopper, Dichromorpha viridis. I'm pretty sure the swollen femora on the first two pair of legs is a diagnostic character for this insect.

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