Haldeman's Shieldback
Pediodectes haldemani
Charo Ranch Park,
Dripping Springs,
Hays Co., Texas
28 May 2013
Fun morning walking around Tandy Hills to see if we could add a few new species. Five of us decided to go for an impromptu walk after seeing presentation on Tandy Hills bioblitz last night.
Open grassy post oak woodland
Grassy old field dominated by little bluestem
Rifle range with mix of native and non-native grasses.
Grassy area on edge of parking lot.
one of the "conehead" katydids?
After dinner each evening at Bosque de Paz I checked the outside of the dining room and was rewarded with a really good showing of moths and other insects.
Bosque de Paz,
Alajuela Province,
Costa Rica
4 February 2016
5015 feet elevation
10.2047
-84.3173
For more info on this trip see:
http://www.inaturalist.org/posts/5309-inatting-in-costa-rica
if interested
I have never been able to ID this grasshopper from the rainforest of Peru, but thought I'd post it in case someone has a clue.
Amazon Conservatory for Tropical Studies
(ACTS)
near the Rio Napo,
Departmento de Loreto,
Peru
27 July 2006
03.2511 S
072.9075 W
On the windshield of my car; image taken from inside the car.
@alaws do you recognize this one.
Blackland prairie
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Aztec Grasshopper
Lactista azteca
Dripping Springs,
Hays Co., Texas
20 September 2012
Green-striped Grasshopper
Chortophaga viridifasciata
Chortophaga viridifasciata subspecies viridifasciata
male
Dripping Springs,
Hays Co., Texas
17 August 2013
Haldeman's Shieldback
Pediodectes haldemani
Charo Ranch Park,
Dripping Springs,
Hays Co., Texas
28 May 2013
Green Fool Grasshopper
Acrolophitus hirtipes
Charo Ranch Park,
Dripping Springs,
Hays Co., Texas
6 June 2013
Apparently in the northern parts of its range, this species is entirely uniform green, but in southern areas the thorax and wings are mottled as shown here. The pointed head and the high arching pronotum are quite distinctive on this species.
Just rec'd this ID from BG