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Atlantic Grasshopper

Paroxya atlantica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 24, February 27, March 25, April 36, May 30, June 18, July 15, August 14, September 19, October 22, November 17, December 21.
United States2,441
Georgia268
Texas155
Alabama142
South Carolina117
Mississippi99
Louisiana96
Illinois34
Canada33
Michigan33

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
GenusSwamp Grasshoppers · Paroxya

Sources

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

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