This was moving slowly and not hopping far. I suspect this individual is a female full of eggs. After posing on my finger, it hopped back into the vegetation.
This was moving slowly and not hopping far. I suspect this individual is a female full of eggs. After posing on my finger, it hopped back into the vegetation.
This was moving slowly and not hopping far. I suspect this individual is a female full of eggs. After posing on my finger, it hopped back into the vegetation.
Grasshopper ID help from my host, an intern working on a long-term grasshopper ecology study in the Bison Range. Apparently the females of this species are biters.
The shape of the body is short. The body colour is dark brown on its back with a yellow line down its head and light green on its stomach. It has large dark eyes and light brown coloured legs with a stripe of red down each hind leg.
The shape of the body is short. The body colour is dark brown on its back with a yellow line down its head and light green on its stomach. It has large dark eyes and light brown coloured legs with a stripe of red down each hind leg.
The shape of the body is short. The body colour is dark brown on its back with a yellow line down its head and light green on its stomach. It has large dark eyes and light brown coloured legs with a stripe of red down each hind leg.