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Copyright © 2013
Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
Small grasshopper
Falcon State Park, Texas, USA
May 19, 2009
Found this photo while looking for another. I tried searching, and do not believe I've posted this before.
It was quite small.
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Contributed by
Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
on 4 February, 2013 - 8:33pm
Last updated 11 June, 2023 - 3:36pm
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metrioptera
, 11 June, 2023 - 3:36pm
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This one does bother me
The thorax is proportionately rather massive for a
Schistocerca
of this age, and the shape seems off (more emarginate at the back top than might be expected). I think it best to pull it out and re-evaluate. For comparison, it would be great to see photos of
Phaulotettix
nymphs to compare (as well as verified
S. camerata & S. damnifica
at the same growth stage).
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David J. Ferguson
, 7 June, 2017 - 11:39am
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Phaulotettix
I think this may actually be a nymph of Phaulotettix compressus. I've reared them from early instars I've found in the field in Bandera and Uvalde County.
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Paul Lenhart
, 21 March, 2013 - 2:52pm
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I can't rule out Phaulotettix,
since I've never seen immature ones, but the morphology of this one would seem very different, and would have to change dramatically as it grew if that is what it is. I was thinking most likely
Schistocerca camerata
, but that's largely a guess.
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David J. Ferguson
, 13 November, 2013 - 12:53am
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This one looks close to newly hatched to me
Relatively speaking (as compared to other hoppers of similar maturity) they are even big when they are little, but they are indeed pretty small when they hatch, and they have a lot of growing to do. If I was correct in my guess, this is I going to be one of the smaller species for of Bird Grasshoppers, but that's just relatively speaking. Nearly all
Schistocerca
are pretty large as compared to most of the common species you are likely to see with them. There is one in Florida that is smaller than most by a fair margin, and some of the populations of
S. lineata
in the Northeast aren't particularly large, but even those are decidedly larger than most of the more "average" grasshoppers around them.
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David J. Ferguson
, 7 February, 2013 - 11:15am
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I would say either Schistocerca damnifica or S. camerata
I'm not sure which of the two is in the area. It is also possible that it's another, but I doubt it. It is difficult to identify
Schistocerca
nymphs.
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David J. Ferguson
, 6 February, 2013 - 9:06pm
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I never would have guessed that...since
..this guy was very small. (Are all Bird Grasshoppers large?) If so, this guy was really young. Thanks for the ID.
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Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
, 6 February, 2013 - 9:48pm
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