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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Melanoplini » Eotettix » Little Eastern Grasshopper (Eotettix pusillus)

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Copyright © 2006 Randy Emmitt

cute grasshopper nymph - Eotettix pusillus -

Richmond County, North Carolina, USA
June 14, 2002
Size: 1/2 i nch or smaller

Taken in the Sandhills Gamelands.

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Contributed by Randy Emmitt on 26 September, 2006 - 9:24pm
Last updated 19 November, 2013 - 11:11am

Hold the presses. Forget all that stuff about alliens

This is a nymph of a species that grows up usually green. You learn something new every day. There is a picture of an adult here, Grasshoppers of Florida.

Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.

… David J. Ferguson, 5 December, 2008 - 1:31pm

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Moved

I have no idea how I moved this to Schistocerca. Must have been accidentally tagged when I moved some other. Anyway, it is put back under the family until/if it gets identified.

Moved from Bird Grasshoppers.

… David J. Ferguson, 1 October, 2008 - 2:35am

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Moved

Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.

… David J. Ferguson, 10 August, 2008 - 1:05am

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I think "alien" hits it on the head

This thing doesn't look like any native US species that I know of. It looks kind'a like a Lubber nymph, but not one of ours. The pattern is totally different (even allowing for the fact that it could be a mutant of some sort). The shape is different too. Perhaps this is something from way further south that found its way to NC? I don't know what species it is. Even if I've seen the adults, I don't recognize this nymph.

… David J. Ferguson, 9 August, 2008 - 3:23am

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Very cool!

Looks like a toy.

… Ashley Bradford, 26 September, 2006 - 9:43pm

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Toy yes, that and an alien. L

Toy yes, that and an alien. Look at the head. Put that thing on an upright body and you have a creature fitting for star treck or x-files.

… gehan gehale, 27 September, 2006 - 3:14am

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I think this is an...

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper. Romalea sp. Someone posted that they change from red to black. Therefore, this could be an intermediate stage. Just a supposition.

… Ed Corey, 6 June, 2007 - 5:29pm

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