Grasshopper sp. - Metaleptea brevicornis

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Slant-faced Grasshoppers (Gomphocerinae) » Hyalopteryx Group » Metaleptea » Clip-wing Grasshopper (Metaleptea brevicornis)

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Copyright © 2013 Rusty Moran

Grasshopper sp. - Metaleptea brevicornis -

Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
October 30, 2013

Lean toward Leather-colored Bird but this one does not seem to quite match BugGuide images.

Images of this individual: tag all

Grasshopper sp. - Metaleptea brevicornis - female

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Contributed by Rusty Moran on 31 October, 2013 - 12:52pm

She is a Clip-wing Grasshopper

Moved from ID Request.

… David J. Ferguson, 31 October, 2013 - 1:50pm

Thanks

Thanks for the ID.

… Rusty Moran, 31 October, 2013 - 8:04pm

Looks like slant-faced grasshopper

Possibly Clip-wing Grasshopper, Metaleptea brevicornis
Images here.

… cwmelton, 31 October, 2013 - 1:33pm

Looks like one of the

band winged grass hoppers?

… Ilze V-G., 31 October, 2013 - 12:55pm

Hmmm, maybe.

Checked some of the images and some look close (e.g., Arphia conspersa), but not sure of match. Thanks for your prompt suggestion.

… Rusty Moran, 31 October, 2013 - 1:08pm

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