Identification ⁵

Elongate body and legs, but without the long wings and markings of Mermiria species. Longer winged individuals do occur that are similar to Mermiria picta but never have red tibiae.

Resources ⁵

Genus page at BugGuide: https://bugguide.net/node/view/41579
Orthoptera of Michigan: https://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/Ag.%20Ext.%202007-Chelsie/PDF/e2815.pdf

Occurrence ⁵

Not yet reported in iNaturalist in Iowa, but reported in BugGuide. Insects of Iowa has records from 4 counties. Knutson (1937) reported this species from 9 counties around the state.

Habitat ⁵

Thought to be associated with native bunch grasses, in wet to dry areas.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Steven Mlodinow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steven Mlodinow
2. (c) Mathew Zappa, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Mathew Zappa
3. (c) Globe Power Bar LT57QS, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Globe Power Bar LT57QS
4. (c) palousemark, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by palousemark
5. (c) Tyler Grant, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
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