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Grasshopper

Photo by AshleyHughes
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Field Notes

Description:

Large

Habitat:

Grassy areas

Notes:

It does have black wings trimmed in yellow

Species ID Suggestions

Migratory locust

Locusta migratoria
Dangermouse
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Comments (3)
Dangermouse
Take a look at migratory locust. Usually when you get a big grasshopper-type bug like this, it's a locust. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust And welcome to Project Noah! :)
AshleyHughes
I'm noob at this so could be either. It does have black wings trimmed in yellow though.
Dangermouse
Is it definitely a grasshopper or a locust?
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PublishedAugust 3, 2011

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