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Photo by munchpearl
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Field Notes

Description:

Really weird colorful bug with a black abdomen and a red head and long yellow grasshopper-like legs. And little circular parts on the end of its mouth-jaw-antennae-thingies.

Habitat:

Boxwood bushes in front of house.

Notes:

It moved away if we got too close to it.

Species ID Suggestions

Handsome Trig (female)

Phyllopalpus pulchellus

Reference Link
BugEric
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Comments (1)
BugEric
Oh, how funny, I just today wrote a blog post on this species (see reference link in the ID Suggestion). Also known as "Red-headed Bush Cricket."

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PublishedAugust 25, 2013

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