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23-08-2006, 06:51 PM
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| | | Baby wings ....
Hello all .... another poser for you all! What sort of grasshopper is this? Is it a newly emerged one whose wings haven't grown properly, or is it adult, and that's the size of the wings??  |
23-08-2006, 07:04 PM
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| | | Re: Baby wings ....
I will guess Common Field Grasshopper nymph. |
23-08-2006, 07:10 PM
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| | | Re: Baby wings ....
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Originally Posted by Andy Warne I will guess Common Field Grasshopper nymph. |
what makes you guess that?
(sorry I'm trying so hard to learn my groppers and finding it very difficult!!) |
23-08-2006, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton what makes you guess that?
(sorry I'm trying so hard to learn my groppers and finding it very difficult!!) | Ignorance 
Well I think it's a nymph due to the stunted wings and I reckon Common Field due to the shape of the lines that run between the eyes and the wings(the keels on the pronotum?) and it looks pretty hairy underneath. |
24-08-2006, 08:02 PM
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| | | Re: Baby wings ....
I see it has been identified as a Lesser Marsh late instar nymph in the Gallery, I thought Lesser Marsh were supposed to have virtually straight keels? Is this not relevant when dealing with immatures? Help!  |
25-08-2006, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Andy Warne I see it has been identified as a Lesser Marsh late instar nymph in the Gallery, I thought Lesser Marsh were supposed to have virtually straight keels? Is this not relevant when dealing with immatures? Help! |
ooh if only I could!!! |
25-08-2006, 09:01 AM
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| | | Re: Baby wings ....
I'd go for Field nymph too for all the same reasons as Andy.
Ashe |
25-08-2006, 06:21 PM
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| | | Re: Baby wings ....
Keel shape is relevant in nymphs too, so this individual clearly isn't Lesser Marsh! I'd go for Field too. |
25-08-2006, 06:48 PM
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| | | Re: Baby wings ....
Ditto. | | |
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