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Green Bird Grasshopper

Schistocerca shoshone

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Mexico.January 37, February 34, March 39, April 57, May 72, June 49, July 69, August 121, September 135, October 138, November 44, December 38.
United States2,289
New Mexico873
California467
Arizona394
Texas339
Nevada293
Utah277
Colorado42
Mexico22
Idaho19

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
GenusBird Grasshoppers · Schistocerca

Sources

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