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timmijo Ellendale, DE(Zone 7a) Jan 29, 2011

Could you please help me I.D. this interesting, grasshopper-like insect, thanks

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jan 29, 2011

This is a nymph of a short-horned grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae), but it is at too early a stage of development for me to be confident of a more specific identification.

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timmijo Ellendale, DE(Zone 7a) Jan 29, 2011

Are you sure it is a nymph? The photo was taken on October 11, 2010 in Delaware, zone 7a. It was autumn. To my layperson's way of thinking, all the grasshoppers should have been full-grown by then ... Or do they continuously reproduce throughout summer and fall?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jan 29, 2011

This most definitely is a nymph; it may just have hatched out of season...

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