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Masked Grasshopper

Trimerotropis cincta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 22, February 17, March 23, April 46, May 70, June 42, July 39, August 33, September 31, October 22, November 19, December 18.
United States692
Colorado383
Utah129
New Mexico45
Texas39
South Dakota28
Nebraska22
Arizona21
Wyoming14
Idaho2

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
GenusTrimerotropis

Sources

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