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Obscure grasshopper

Opeia obscura

578 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 51, February 40, March 55, April 108, May 164, June 98, July 92, August 78, September 73, October 52, November 46, December 43.
United States2,354
Colorado901
Texas335
Nebraska326
Arizona207
Wyoming103
North Dakota103
Oklahoma78
California69
New Mexico62

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyShort-horned Grasshoppers · Acrididae
GenusOpeia

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