Carolina Grasshopper
This extremely common grasshopper is found nearly everywhere in North America where there is sand or disturbed areas like empty property lots or roadsides, and is often seen as it does a "buzzy" flight away from intruders with what almost looks like yellowish butterfly wings, then seems to disappear due to its excellent natural camouflage. While usually harmless and unimportant agriculturally, it has occasionally been cause of concern for some crops such as wheat or tobacco. This one was found near Naches, Washington on a hot summer day.
- Copyright
- Rich Leighton
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- 9999x6674 / 73.9MB
- Keywords
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Acrididae, Animalia, Arthropoda, Caelifera, Carolina grasshopper, Carolina locust, Dissosteira, Dissosteira carolina, Insecta, Naches, Oak Creek, Oak Creek State Wildlife Area, Orthoptera, PNW, Pacific NW, Pacific Northwest, State Wildlife Area, Washington, Yakima, Yakima County, animal, arthropod, band-winged, beige, biting, black-winged grasshopper, brown, bug, camo, camouflage, critter, desert, fauna, grey, insect, invertebrate, large, native, natural, nature, quaker, road-duster, short-horned grasshopper, summer, tan, wild, wildlife
- Contained in galleries
- Grasshoppers & Locusts
