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: Trimerotropis sp.
Common Name: band-winged grasshopper (not species specific)
Date Observed: 2001 July 06
Place: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Frijole Ranch (in parking lot)
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