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Autumn Yellow-winged Grasshopper

Arphia xanthoptera

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 28, February 31, March 28, April 42, May 34, June 20, July 17, August 17, September 22, October 25, November 19, December 24.
United States2,483
Georgia308
Texas209
South Carolina171
Missouri169
North Carolina153
Tennessee150
Illinois136
Arkansas107
Oklahoma100

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
GenusArphia

Sources

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