Davis's Shield-bearer

The Davis's shield-bearer is a medium-sized brown grasshopper with gray flecks or streaks. Body typically darkens laterally, with the hind femur often having a back mark. A distinct, sharp lateral ridge (carinae) is present on the edges of the large dorsal plate behind the head (pronotum). In males, the exposed part of the tegmina (leathery front wings) are only one-fourth the length of the pronotum. Females have a deep, V-shaped notch in the subgenital plate.