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Slender Groundhopper

Tetrix subulata

5,632 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 951, February 703, March 1,101, April 1,732, May 2,497, June 2,723, July 2,913, August 2,506, September 1,840, October 1,373, November 750, December 586.
United States21,123
Alaska19,674
Canada1,539
Ontario917
Michigan716
Austria558
United Kingdom419
Germany411
England401
Steiermark297

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
FamilyPygmy Grasshoppers · Tetrigidae
GenusTetrix

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Slender Groundhopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.