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Desert Clicker Grasshopper

Ligurotettix coquilletti

About

A small, slender grasshopper found exclusively on creosote bushes in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts. Males produce rapid clicking songs to attract mates.

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Did You Know?

It feeds on toxic creosote resin that deters most other herbivores, gaining chemical protection from predators.