Class: Hexapoda (animals with six legs - includes all insects)
Order: Orthoptera (grasshoppers, katydids and crickets)
ortho = straight and ptera = wings
Family: Acrididae (short-horned grasshoppers)
Species: Hesperotettix viridis
Common Name: Green-streak Grasshopper, Snakeweed Grasshopper
Date: 2001 August 14
Place: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Juniper Trail
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