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Acrididae - Trimerotropis saxatilis
Copyright © 2014 Melissa Barton

Acrididae - Trimerotropis saxatilis
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
June 26, 2012
Maybe a Trimerotropis sp.?
Contributed by Melissa Barton on 23 April, 2014 - 5:45pm
Last updated 28 April, 2014 - 10:04pm

yes - Trimerotropis
It looks like T. saxatilis, which lives on the exposed rock outcroppings and ledges. They tend to match the color of the rocks and lichens they live on. In OK, it is usually limestone, and the hoppers tend to be white to pale gray, marked with black. I like the pinkish coloring of this one on granite.

Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 27 April, 2014 - 11:14am

 
Oh wow, thank you! It was rea
Oh wow, thank you! It was really great camouflage.
… Melissa Barton, 28 April, 2014 - 10:04pm

Moved for expert id
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 23 April, 2014 - 8:37pm

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