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Shasta Slant-faced Grasshopper

Bruneria shastana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 18, February 15, March 16, April 20, May 19, June 14, July 12, August 12, September 16, October 16, November 21, December 16.
United States646
California196
Utah141
Idaho83
Nevada71
Colorado61
Oregon37
Arizona2
Washington2

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
GenusBruneria

Sources

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