October 3, 2021

This is a Rusty Bird Grasshopper

But grasshoppers can be hard to ID

Click on the link below for

A handy grasshopper Identification key.

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://bioone.org/journals/florida-entomologist/volume-87/issue-4/0015-4040_2004_087_0537_KTTGOA_2.0.CO_2/KEY-TO-THE-GRASSHOPPERS-ORTHOPTERA-ACRIDIDAE-OF-FLORIDA/10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0537:KTTGOA]2.0.CO;2.full?tab=ArticleLink

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