Agroecotettix silverheelsi (IMAGE)

Mississippi State University

Agroecotettix silverheelsi

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Pictured is Agroecotettix silverheelsi, a newly described grasshopper from Texas named in honor of Jay Silverheels, an early Native American actor. Mississippi State’s JoVonn Hill, director of the Mississippi Entomological Museum, has uncovered 16 new species of grasshoppers, and his work was recently published in the scientific journal Zookeys.

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JoVonn Hill

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