Experts thrilled after rediscovering rare species last seen nearly 80 years ago: 'No living person has … experience with this species'

Experts thrilled after rediscovering rare species last seen nearly 80 years ago: 'No living person has … experience with this species'

This immaculately camouflaged grasshopper was last seen in 1946. Appalachian field zoologist Andrew Rapp has been finding and identifying grasshoppers for years. As The News & Observer reported, he had a hunch that a rare Appalachian grasshopper species that hadn't been seen in 80 years wasn't extinct but was hiding out in a distinct environment. He searched for years and then finally spotted what he was looking for in September. "The day that I…