Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper
Paratettix mexicanus
AKA Pygmy Grasshopper
Murphy Ranch,
ca 7 mi W of Bee Cave,
Travis Co., Texas
8 October 2010
Some Chorthippus... no idea about the species (and about the english name of the family, apart from the more general 'grasshopper')
Length: about 1/2 inch
Tetrigidae is a family in the order Orthoptera, that also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called grouse locusts, pygmy locusts, groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers.
