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Aztec Spur-throated Grasshopper
Aidemona azteca
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Abracris flavolineata
Rufous-legged GrasshopperXenocatantops humilis
Black-sided Pygmy GrasshopperTettigidea lateralis
Wingless GrasshopperPhaulacridium vittatum
Ponderous Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus ponderosus
Boopedon dampfi
Orphulella punctata
Red-legged GrasshopperMelanoplus femurrubrum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Texas | 4,195 |
|---|---|
| United States | 2,402 |
| Mexico | 658 |
| Costa Rica | 152 |
| Colombia | 101 |
| Sinaloa | 98 |
| Jalisco | 83 |
| Yucatan | 76 |
| Guatemala | 66 |
| Panama | 64 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera |
| Family | Short-horned Grasshoppers · Acrididae |
| Genus | Aidemona |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Aztec Spur-throated Grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.