Black-winged Grasshopper - 5th instar - female

 Black-winged Grasshopper - 5th Instar

 

Common Name:  Black-winged Grasshopper,
                               Road Duster or Carolina Locust

Latin Name:  Dissosteira carolina
                        (D.L. Johnson, det.)

Length:  30 - 40 mm

Range: Southern 2/3 of Alberta

Habitat:  Various

Time of year seen:  Summer

Diet: Grasses and forbs

Black-winged Grasshopper - 5th instar

 

       

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Location: Calgary, AB                   Date: Aug 3, 2004