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Desert Long-horned Grasshopper

Tanaocerus koebelei

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 24, February 26, March 33, April 27, May 26, June 19, July 16, August 17, September 21, October 22, November 28, December 21.
United States465
California262
Nevada185
Utah9
Arizona9
Mexico1
Sonora1

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
FamilyTanaoceridae
GenusTanaocerus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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