sabu
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Post by sabu on Apr 24, 2011 14:01:03 GMT -8
Found in Everglades National Park, Florida. There were a great many of these on one particular tree. Attachments:
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Post by thanos on Apr 25, 2011 1:11:09 GMT -8
This is Schistocerca americana (Acrididae,Cyrtacanthacridinae).
(Common name: 'American Bird Grasshopper').
Thanos
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Post by entoman on Apr 25, 2011 12:44:01 GMT -8
Sorry Thanos, you are wrong. This is a nymph of Romalea microptera the Eastern Lubber grasshopper. It will be much larger, as well as more colorful when an adult. They are fairly common here in Florida.
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Post by thanos on Apr 25, 2011 16:10:31 GMT -8
Yes,you are totally right - I'm sorry. It's definitely a nymph of Romalea microptera(Acrididae,Romaleinae). I thought it was a nymph of Schistocerca americana,cause I had learned it wrongly ! It seems there are a lot of mistakes on the net and in books,where pictured R.microptera nymphs are identified as S.americana. For example,check this: www.redbubble.com/people/rbb2676/art/6986219-dont-be-late-for-the-meetingThank you for enlightening me on this.I've never collected these species myself at their American habitats,and I had learned them wrongly cause of the many wrong identifications I had read.Now I searched better and saw correctly identified pictured nymphs of S.americana,and they are totally different(yellow/orange with black stripe,or green) than the characteristically blackish with yellow stripes nymph of R.microptera.(As well the adults are totally different.S.americana has long,fully developed wings,while R.microptera,as it's latinic species' name indicates,has small/short wings. 'microptera' comes from 'micro'+'ptero',and in Greek 'micro' means small,short and 'ptero' means wing  ). Thanos |
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Post by entoman on Apr 27, 2011 8:27:40 GMT -8
One of the most important rules of the modern age: Never trust the internet. |
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