Insects and Spiders

Two-Striped Grasshopper At The Heard

This was a new species of grasshopper for me. Viewing it from above, you can see where the name comes from. It is a large grasshopper that is very destructive to agricultural environments. They are known to destroy crops.
Female Two-Striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus bivittatus)
Heard Wildlife Sanctuary

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