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drivingmebuggy Dunnellon, FL Mar 06, 2013

found 3/6/2013 in Citrus springs, Florida. It is smaller than a nickel

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Mar 07, 2013

Nymph of a long-horned grasshopper (family Tettigoniidae); this group includes true, false, and bush katydids, some of which can appear in both green and pink morphs.

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C_A_Ivy Barling, AR(Zone 7b) Mar 07, 2013

Really nice pic. and specimen.

Flapdoodle, I'm a novice at bug ID but was curious if this is Psinidia fenestralis, Longhorn band-wing grasshopper which appears to be common in Florida? If it is I will offer to set up a guide page so that drivingmebuggy can add this nice image to DG guides for future reference.

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drivingmebuggy Dunnellon, FL Mar 07, 2013

Thank you Flapdoodle for your quick reply. I had an idea it may have been in the grasshopper family, but the wings looked like plant leaves.
Shorthog, I would be glad to add this picture for a reference. I just joined DG yesterday, so I am a total novice on how I would accomplish that.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Mar 08, 2013

Definitely not Psinidia fenestralis - see http://bugguide.net/node/view/260290/bgimage for a nymph of this species.

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C_A_Ivy Barling, AR(Zone 7b) Mar 08, 2013

Flapdoodle, I'm confused. You indicted that this was a grasshopper but gave the family name for katydids. I agree that it looks like a katydid nymph. Since some oblong-winged katydids can be rarely pink, could this be a nymph of this species?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Mar 08, 2013

Sorry for any confusion, shorthog, "long-horned grasshoppers" is a generic term for the family Tettigoniidae; as it includes many insects other than katydids - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tettigoniidae

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C_A_Ivy Barling, AR(Zone 7b) Mar 08, 2013

Flapdoodle, thanks for the reference. Never to old (70+) to learn more. Here's a real pink grasshopper which I saw in Feb. It's a nymph of Northern green striped grasshopper.
It is now my understanding that the generic term "Long horn grasshopper" refers to katydids and not true grasshoppers. Thus drivemebuggy's specimen is a katydid nymph.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Mar 09, 2013

's O.K. shorthog - I'm 70+ myself, and every day, I usually find something else I've been unaware of (often pointed out to me by my wife)... ;-)

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C_A_Ivy Barling, AR(Zone 7b) Mar 09, 2013

Drivemebuggy, if you are satisfied with the ID you can close the thread. In addition, you might be able to get genius / species via ID request at BugGuide.net if you wish to pursue further.

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