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Cudweed Grasshopper

Hypochlora alba

Photo by BugEric
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Field Notes

Description:

About 22 millimeters in body length, pale jade green as shown with white streaks. Female.

Habitat:

Found on concrete bicycle path along sandstone ridge with yucca, prickly-pear cacti, elm trees, sagebrush, scattered patches of Gambel's Oak, plus rabbitbrush, grasses.

Notes:

Also known as the "Mugwort Grasshopper."

Reference Links:

Bug Eric: Cudweed Grasshopper, Hypochlora alba

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PublishedOctober 31, 2014

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