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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) » Mermiria Group - Toothpick Grasshoppers » Mermiria » Eastern Mermiria (Mermiria intertexta)
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Toothpick Grasshopper - Mermiria intertexta - female
Copyright © 2006 Jeff Hollenbeck

Toothpick Grasshopper - Mermiria intertexta - Female
St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
July 29, 2006
Eating grass.
I think the body length was at least 70mm or more.

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Toothpick Grasshopper - Mermiria intertexta - female Toothpick Grasshopper - Mermiria intertexta - female Toothpick Grasshopper - Mermiria intertexta - female
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Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 30 July, 2006 - 3:11pm
Last updated 17 August, 2009 - 3:10pm

Moved
Moved from Mermiria.
… David J. Ferguson, 17 August, 2009 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

Mermiria intertexta
Hi, Being from Florida, there aren't many choices. This is M. intertexta. M. bivittata is very similar, but is supposedly not found in Florida. M intertexta typically has a darkenning down the middle of the back that is not developed in M. bivittata.
… David J. Ferguson, 4 October, 2007 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

Mermeria sp.
Size alone would indicate it 'must' be a species of Mermeria. I would start there, anyway, and at least eliminate as a possibility:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 August, 2006 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Eric.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 3 August, 2006 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

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