One is a strange grasshopper and the other is a leafhopper. Both are new to me. The grasshopper was very small, only about 13mm long (.5") It was a full flying adult. Pictures again are from my Aug. 2007 folder.
A Couple of Strange Hoppers
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A Couple of Strange Hoppers
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I don't pretend to be a bug ID expert, having no formal schooling in that area - but here in the UK some of my books show a separate group (within the crickets/grasshoppers order Orthoptera) called 'groundhoppers' which this first picture looks a lot like in shape! I don't know if this is a proper taxonomic grouping...
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Pygmy grasshoppers are found all over the U.S. also, including many Tetrix species. The one Doug has looks consistent with this one shown at BugGuide, which is identified as probably Tetrix, possibly T. arenosa.
'Tis the season for these critters, which overwinter as adults even in northern areas.
Laurie, in quick search of the web, it appears that your "groundhopper" is exactly the same group.
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'Tis the season for these critters, which overwinter as adults even in northern areas.
Laurie, in quick search of the web, it appears that your "groundhopper" is exactly the same group.
--Rik
Leafhopper is Colladonus clitellarius found photos http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/leafhopp ... colladonus
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