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Two-striped slant-faced grasshopper (female)
Mermiria bivittata bivittata
36.6678, -96.3372
Field Notes
Description:
The two-striped slant-faced grasshopper is a large, long-winged, colorful insect. It has a strongly slanted face; the antennae are ensiform (shaped like a sword blade). A brown stripe beginning behind the compound eye runs along the side of the head and onto the lateral lobe of the pronotum.
Habitat:
Grassland - Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 30, 2012
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