Dactylotum bicolor, insect, Painted Grasshopper, Rainbow Grasshopperimage credit: Mundo Poco

Dactylotum bicolor, insect, Painted Grasshopper, Rainbow Grasshopperimage credit: Mundo Poco

Dactylotum bicolor, insect, Painted Grasshopper, Rainbow Grasshopperimage credit: bugguide.net

Dactylotum bicolor, insect, Painted Grasshopper, Rainbow Grasshopperimage credit: rufulo
Habitat: Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, western and central Texas and into Mexico
Status:
No conservation concerns

This grasshopper looks like it’s one of those “paint-by-numbers” projects with all those amazing colors! In reality though, it’s called a Rainbow Grasshopper or Painted Grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor).

Below is what the nymph (baby) of the grasshopper looks like. Still just as pretty and cute! No ugly ducklings in this species.

God this guy is groovy.

Dactylotum bicolor, insect, Painted Grasshopper, Rainbow Grasshopperimage credit: sherylsmithrodgers.blogspot.com

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