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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Lubber Grasshoppers (Romaleidae) » Dragon Lubbers (Dracotettix) » Dracotettix monstrosus
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Which species of Dracotettix is this? - Dracotettix monstrosus - female
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Which species of Dracotettix is this? - Dracotettix monstrosus - Female
Poway, San Diego County, California, USA
January 3, 2014
Size: 1.5 inches
On White Sage in chaparral around Lake Poway.

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Which species of Dracotettix is this? - Dracotettix monstrosus - female Which species of Dracotettix is this? - Dracotettix monstrosus - female Which species of Dracotettix is this? - Dracotettix monstrosus - female Which species of Dracotettix is this? - Dracotettix monstrosus - female
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Contributed by cindykeiser on 3 January, 2014 - 11:17pm
Last updated 29 January, 2014 - 11:38pm

she is Dracotettix monstrosus
The other one found in the U.S. - D. plutonius - is found up in the mountains of the Mojave Desert further east in California and Nevada, and is rarely seen.

Dracotettix newboldi has longer wings (but not long enough to fly) and occurs further south in Baja California, Mexico (not known from the U.S.).

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 4 January, 2014 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Wonderful information
Thank you David! I feel a challenge with D. plutonius ;) Just joking. I do hope to get out there this winter.
… cindykeiser, 4 January, 2014 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

 
It's certainly been a challenge for me.
I've looked for D. plutonius, several times, and have yet to find one, except on a pin in a collection. I figure I'll probably actually see a live one only when I stop looking.
… David J. Ferguson, 7 January, 2014 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

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