Obscure Bird Grasshopper

Schistocerca obscura

Schistocerca obscura (Obscure Bird Grasshopper) is a species of Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae), subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (Bird Grasshoppers) known from the southern United States.
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Appearance

As a member of the "Schistocerca alutacea Group" and as such by some authors referred to as a subspecies of S. alutacea, but as a distinct species by many others. Not sorprisingly, some specimen can be quite difficult to tell from other members of the group such as S. alutacea, S. lineata and S. albolineata.
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Distribution

The species is known from fields and open woodlands across the southern United States (Pennsylvania, Florida, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona)

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOrthoptera
FamilyAcrididae
GenusSchistocerca
SpeciesSchistocerca obscura