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Dusky Grasshopper

Encoptolophus costalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 39, February 38, March 43, April 81, May 50, June 25, July 44, August 29, September 35, October 29, November 37, December 36.
United States1,159
Texas447
Colorado387
Canada185
North Dakota95
Alberta78
Nunavut49
Oklahoma39
Nebraska30
Wyoming29

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
GenusEncoptolophus

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