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Cascade Timberline Grasshopper

Prumnacris rainierensis
Paradise Area, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington

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    1 - Cascade Timberline Grasshopper, Prumnacris rainierensis male.

    08/24/2016 Paradise Area, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington

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    2 - Cascade Timberline Grasshopper female.

    08/24/2016 Paradise Area, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington

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    3 - Cascade Timberline Grasshopper male.

    08/24/2016 Paradise Area, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington

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    4 - Cascade Timberline Grasshopper female.

    08/25/2016 Paradise Area, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington

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    5 - Cascade Timberline Grasshopper mating pair.

    08/25/2016 Paradise Area, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington

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    6 - Cascade Timberline Grasshopper male.

    08/25/2016 Paradise Area, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington

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    7 - Cascade Timberline Grasshopper feeding on Broadleaf Lupine, Lupinus latifolius, a plant the species is known to be associated with.

    08/25/2016 Paradise Area, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington

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8 - Cascade Timberline Grasshopper, Prumnacris rainierensis, feeding on Broadleaf Lupine, Lupinus latifolius, a plant the species is known to be associated with.

08/25/2016 Paradise Area, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington

The Cascade Timberline Grasshopper, Prumnacris rainierensis, is a flightless alpine species of the Oregon and Washington Cascade mountains. The photos shown here were taken in the Paradise area of Mt. Rainier National Park.

The Cascade Timberline Grasshopper is related to Nisquallia olympica (see Insect menu) and occupies a similar ecological niche, above treeline. Though flightless, at least some Cascade Timberline Grasshopper adults have rudimentary wings.