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Dissosteira carolina

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Availability Notes:
  $15
Geographic Range:
  Eastern U.S.A.
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Size:
  (length) 35-50 mm

Taxonomy
Phylum:Uniramia
Superclass:Hexapoda
Class:Insecta
Subclass:-
Order:Orthoptera
Suborder:Caelifera
Superfamily:Acridoidea
Family:Acrididae


Dissosteira carolina
Carolina Locust (Grasshopper)
Dissosteira carolina

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Image Copyright 2003
Barbara Strnadova

Although it is called a locust it is not considered desructive. Common along roadsides and in dry fields. It feeds on grasses and herbaceous plants.





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