Trimerotropis verruculata suffusa “Crackling Forest Grasshopper” Acrididae Mt. Sentinel, Lolo Nation

Trimerotropis verruculata suffusa “Crackling Forest Grasshopper” Acrididae Mt. Sentinel, Lolo National Forest, MTSeptember 12, 2015Robert NieseBugGuide has become an indispensable resource for all my insect identification needs, but rarely do I come across pages so eloquently and comprehensively written as those by David Ferguson. His passion for band-winged grasshoppers makes these entries a joy to read:“T. verruculata suffusa is one of the most common and conspicuous Band-wing Grasshoppers in open pine forests of the Rockies and Sierras, where it can be seen (and heard) on most any warm summer or autumn day. The “crepitation” produced in flight is a relatively loud crackling sound, and sometimes males will hover and crackle for several seconds at a time. Never is it so loud and conspicuous as Circotettix species (to which it is related and similar), but nearly so.” -- source link

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