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Lake Huron Locust

Trimerotropis huroniana

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 21, February 22, March 35, April 68, May 131, June 61, July 46, August 42, September 44, October 36, November 22, December 20.
Canada548
Ontario548
United States527
Michigan521
Wisconsin6

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
GenusTrimerotropis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Lake Huron Locust with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.