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Horse Lubber Grasshopper - Taeniopoda Eques - Taeniopoda eques - male

Horse Lubber Grasshopper - Taeniopoda Eques - Taeniopoda eques - Male
Green Valley, (just south of Tucson), Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 1, 2006
Size: 3 inches
Canon XT Rebel/ 70-300 IS lens set at 300mm,(effective 480mm)/ flash on/ ISO 800
It was quite a dark day due to Monsoons

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Absolutely beautiful Horse Lubber
Absolutely beautiful male Taeniopoda eques - The Horse Lubber Grasshopper! The long wings indicate it is a male. I am not sure if all males have long wings, but as far as I can remember, females never have long wings. Finally, a guide page can be created for this species. Great pic. I believe you may want to direct your picture toward Eric Eaton, who is excellent at identifying grasshoppers and I would think would be interested in this photo.

 
Eric Eaton
I did send a picture to Eric Eaton before posting here. He was quite pleased. After taking the picture, I went to the web to identify what it was and found a discription by Eric. I contacted him and he suggested my sending a picture to BugGuide. Glad to help out!

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