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Bunch Grass Locust

Pseudopomala brachyptera

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 10, February 10, March 16, April 31, May 60, June 28, July 21, August 19, September 20, October 16, November 10, December 9.
United States912
Canada411
Ontario250
Michigan212
Colorado105
Alberta78
Texas77
British Columbia76
Idaho58
Oklahoma54

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
GenusPseudopomala

Sources

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