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Strenuous Grasshopper

Trimerotropis californica

290 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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27 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 15, February 13, March 18, April 24, May 22, June 11, July 13, August 18, September 12, October 11, November 11, December 13.
United States678
Arizona179
Utah163
California119
New Mexico67
Nevada52
Texas52
Idaho22
Colorado16
Oregon7

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 Strenuous Grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.