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Pacific Bush Grasshopper

Hesperotettix pacificus

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 California.January 8, February 7, March 7, April 9, May 9, June 13, July 18, August 12, September 12, October 7, November 10, December 7.
United States98
California91
Nevada7
Mexico6
Baja California6

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
GenusHesperotettix

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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