Crackling Forest Grasshopper

Appearance

A noisy, usually very dark-colored slender grasshopper of mountains; with tegmina long and wide; the hind wings wide and usually appearing half yellow - half black. In some individuals the coloring may be lighter and/or the tip of the hind wings may be nearly clear, but these can usually be identified easily by habitat and association with darker individuals. Hind tibiae vary in color, but are most often brownish, nearly black, or blue (but may vary to yellowish, greenish, or mixes of these colors).

Naming

Trimerotropis suffusus S. H. Scudder, 1876, from Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Trimerotropis obscura Scudder, 1876, from northern New Mexico
Circotettix suffusus (Scudder) Scudder, 1899
Trimerotropis nubila McNeill, 1900, from Hot Springs, New Mexico
Trimerotropis conspersa McNeill, 1901, from Mt. Shasta, California
Trimerotropis variegata McNeill, 1901, from Tighes Station, San Diego County, California
Pseudotrimerotropis conspersa (McNeill) Kirby, 1910
Pseudotrimerotropis nubila (McNeill) Kirby, 1910
Pseudotrimerotropis obscura (Scudder) Kirby, 1910
Pseudotrimerotropis variegata (McNeill) Kirby, 1910
Trimerotropis verruculatus suffusa (Scudder) Vickery & B. Nagy, 1973

Distribution

Western North America, mostly in mountains, from British Columbia and Alberta Canada to southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico.