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August 4, 2007

Mystery bug

Mystery_bug   

   

    On Friday, I was at Lake Tappan Reservoir for a story I am working on for The Record, and I came across the bug above.

  I am the first to confess that I am horrible at bug identification, but this one was something I don’t recall seeing ever.

   I thought it was a grasshopper at first, but gray? When it jumped, it appeared to have wings. It was maybe two inches long.

  I love the "rock camouflage" look.

  Can anybody help with an ID?

 

2 comments

  • Pedro
    19 years ago Reply

    I think it’s a Carolina Locust… I took a picture of it the other day as well… when it flies it looks like a butterfly.

  • Deedee Burnside
    19 years ago Reply

    Order Orthioptera: Grasshoppers, Katydids, Crickets, Mantids, Walkingsticks, and Cockroaches!!

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2 comments

  • Pedro
    19 years ago Reply

    I think it’s a Carolina Locust… I took a picture of it the other day as well… when it flies it looks like a butterfly.

  • Deedee Burnside
    19 years ago Reply

    Order Orthioptera: Grasshoppers, Katydids, Crickets, Mantids, Walkingsticks, and Cockroaches!!

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