Unknown Band-winged from far Northern California. - Trimerotropis

I really want to call this one T. fontana now...

… Alice Abela, 9 October, 2017 - 10:32pm

a few more things that bother me about this

being T. bifasciata include the head appearing (?) to be proportionately smaller (more "normal"), and the relatively sharp edge to the sides of the top of the pronotum. The wings look a tad different too, but perhaps not significantly so (?). This one seems to match up fairly well with the reddish one though. I wish I was there chasing after them myself!

… David J. Ferguson, 17 September, 2012 - 10:40pm

Red grasshopper was 90 miles south of this spot

I wish I was out there also, instead of getting ready for work :-) The location in Hilt seemed especially rich in band-wingeds species for such a small area. I was with a couple of other people (we were chasing dragonflies) and we had a long day ahead, so there wasn't time to linger.

… Ray Bruun, 18 September, 2012 - 8:53am

These do look the same as the pinkish one,

but I'm still not sure what species they are. Did the seem the same as the ones you labeled as T. bifasciata to you?

Moved from Band-winged Grasshoppers.

… David J. Ferguson, 16 September, 2012 - 6:35pm

Similarity to T. bifasciata

Pretty similar, I thought, but this one has a reduced anterior band on the folded forewing and both bands fade out on top. Neither of these characters are consistent with the, admittedly few, T. bifasciata I have seen. This is why I wondered if we're dealing with a different grasshopper here. Could it just be variability within the T. bifasciata population?

My take on the others being T. bifasciata is based on a best fit, but only one of them (lone picture of male facing left) really looks close to the more classical T. bifasciata we have near Redding.

I uploaded pictures of three individuals I thought to be T. bifasciata to the T. bifasciata location in bugguide. Alternatively, they can be viewed on my Flickr pages (first two pages of this link have photos from this weekend's trip): click here

… Ray Bruun, 17 September, 2012 - 7:57pm