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Unknown Grasshopper

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Field Notes

Description:

Can you help me identify this grasshopper?

Habitat:

Found in a grassy meadow in a mixed conifer forest laced with several small stream. In photo, grasshopper is on a lichen covered boulder.

Species ID Suggestions

Vagrant Grasshopper

Schistocerca nitens

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James McNair
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Comments (2)
James McNair
Looks like a type of Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca sp.)

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PublishedAugust 28, 2014

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