6 September 2011
Two more macrobugs
Posted by Callan Bentley
It’s that kind of day.
Grasshopper? Cricket? Katydid? Some kind of orthopteran, anyhow. Not a full adult, to judge by the lack of well-formed wings. And, here’s a yellow crab spider:
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Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.
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It might be a Mormon cricket (Anabrus simplex). The “Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States” by Capinera, Scott and Walker says, “Individuals that travel in bands are generally black or dark brown, whereas solitary ones are green.” Where did you collect it?
It was from near Pine Butte, just west of Choteau, Montana.
Utterly wrong Callan, both these creatures are mini Transformers from the crash site on the moon. Just look at the perfect metallic build..