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: Leprus intermedius
Common Name: blue-winged grasshopper (also used for L. wheeleri)
Date: 2001 August 30
Place: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Bush Mountain Trail
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