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Probably Mischievous Bird Grasshopper

Posted by November 6th, 2005 at 1:00 am

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Red Grasshopper
What’s That Bug,
I saw a photo on your site of a red Carolina Locust from Florida. You mentioned that the coloring was due to the soil in that area. I photographed this red grasshopper on Assateague Island, Maryland. It was in the sand dunes and was quite obvious. I was wondering why this particular grasshopper would be red, it certainly doesn’t match the sand.
Thanks for your help,
Matt
Maryland

red grasshopper Probably Mischievous Bird Grasshopper

Hi Matt,
We are having a problem getting a conclusive ID on this beauty. We will post the photo and hopefully, some entomologist will come to our aid. Eric Eaton wrote in: “The red locust actually looks like a bird grasshopper in the genus Schistocerca. If it was really, really big, then that is most certainly what it was. “

Ed. Note:  August 23, 2011
We just identified a Mischievous Bird Grasshopper, and we suspect this is the same species based  on BugGuide where it is described as:  “Uniform reddish brown coloration above with no lighter bands, small size and pronotal ridge help distinguish this from other members of the genus.” 

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