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Lesser Mottled Grasshopper

Stenobothrus stigmaticus

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 Alaska.January 299, February 221, March 346, April 544, May 784, June 855, July 915, August 787, September 578, October 431, November 236, December 184.
United States6,177
Alaska6,177
France140
Austria62
Germany61
Occitanie60
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes46
Niedersachsen36
Poland34
Niederösterreich34

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
GenusStenobothrus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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