in the "Info" sections under S. lineata venusta and under S. shoshone. They have had a confusing history in the literature, but they are usually easy to distinguish. Took me several years wandering around in the field before I got it straight in my head. S. shoshone and S. lineata behave as different species (they occur together and stay different in many places), but they apparently can hybridize and make healthy babies when kept in a cage (but are the babies sterile? - an interesting question to investigate further). Green S. albolineata look similar too.

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A bird grasshopper, genus Schistocerca. Looks to me like a Green Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca shoshone), but could be another species, as many look very similar. I can't really see either hind tibia for color, but Green Bird Grasshoppers' often (or always maybe) are bright pink. You may also want to look at pictures of White-lined Bird Grasshoppers (Schistocerca albolineata) and Spotted Bird Grasshoppers (Schistocerca lineata)for comparisons to the one in your picture. I'm no expert on Bird Grasshoppers - especially for your neck of the woods - so it's likely one of our resident experts will be able to tell you exactly which species this is.