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Narrow-winged Sand Grasshopper

Melanoplus angustipennis

Photo by JoshuaGSmith
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A stubby grasshopper with a whitish mark on the metathorax. Note the gray tibiae in pic #2.

Habitat:

Porch light

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Comments (2)
JoshuaGSmith
Thanks Des. We have epic grasshoppers out here. I really enjoy identifying them. When you catch one and open the wings, you never know what color you'll see!
Desmond.E.S.O
That's the most crazy grasshopper iv'e ever seen in that part of the world. nice job, Josh!

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Sonoran Desert - Plants and Animals
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 18, 2015

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