This is a small to medium-sized grasshopper that, in BC, is slightly reddish above and yellowish below with bright red hind tibia. Other poulations may be reddish purple or bluish (Capinera et al. 2004). Schell et al. (1994) provide the following description for adults: “size medium but variable. Dull reddish or greyish-brown in color. Pronotum usually is more lightly colored on top than on the lower parts of the lateral lobes. Upper part of the lateral lobe is crossed by a broad black band on the prozona. Dorsal posterior margin of pronotum is curved or a rounded right angle. Tegmina are narrow and gradually tapering; brownish to dark brown, usually with faint brownish spots in median area. Tegmina surpass tip of abdomen and usually the hind femora. Wings are colorless. Hind femora are a blend of olive-green and dull yellowish-brown, sometimes with a greybrown or blackish tinge. Hind tibiae usually are deep red but sometimes yellowish-green. Furculae are long and narrow, about one-half the length of the supraanal plate. Cerci are strongly narrowed on basal half with apical one-half narrowed. Subgenital plate is short epically with apical margin strongly elevated and rounded. Male length, 17 to 23 mm; female, 18 to 27 mm (Blatchley, 1920; Heifer, 1972; Scudder, 1897; Somes, 1914; Uvarov, 1928).”