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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) » Orphulella Group » Orphulella » Spotted-winged Grasshopper (Orphulella pelidna)

Species Orphulella pelidna - Spotted-winged Grasshopper

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Spotted-winged Grasshopper - Orphulella pelidna Small Grasshopper on St. Augustine grass - Orphulella pelidna Grasshopper - Orphulella pelidna - male Spotted-winged Grasshopper - Orphulella pelidna small grasshopper - Orphulella pelidna - male Spotted-winged Grasshopper - Orphulella pelidna - female grasshopper - Orphulella pelidna - female Orphulella pelidna - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Subfamily Gomphocerinae (Slant-faced Grasshoppers)
No Taxon (Orphulella Group)
Genus Orphulella
Species pelidna (Spotted-winged Grasshopper)
Other Common Names
Green Desert Grasshopper
Internet References
University of Wyoming has photos and some info.
Mississippi State University has a photo of a mounted specimen.
The Insects of Cedar Creek has photos and information about the family.
Grasshoppers of Florida has a downloadable pdf key with photos.
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 9 December, 2004 - 9:33am
Last updated 9 December, 2004 - 8:52pm

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