A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Melanoplus punctulatus
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids) Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers) Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers) Subfamily Melanoplinae (Spur-throated Grasshoppers) Tribe Melanoplini Genus Melanoplus Species punctulatus (Pine Tree Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Open rocks on edge of driveway.
Other common names are: Grizzly Locust, Griseous Grasshopper and Pine Tree Spur-throat Grasshopper.
Spotted on Oct 22, 2012
Submitted on Oct 30, 2012
No Comments