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Differential Grasshopper

Melanoplus differentialis

Description:

Found this grasshopper on a giant Datura leaf.

Habitat:

This grasshopper was found on the leaf of a Datura plant, on the edge of a corn field next to the Ma and Pa nature trail.

Notes:

This grasshopper was found on the Ma and Pa Trail near Bel Air, MD. The Ma and Pa Trail is a 6.25-mile (10.1 km) multi-purpose rail trail that follows the path of the old Ma and Pa Railroad through Harford County, Maryland.

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1 Comment

flybeasley
flybeasley 10 years ago

Please put the name of the park where you spotted this in the "Notes" section. Thank you.

ShannonFox
Spotted by
ShannonFox

Bel Air North, Maryland, United States

Spotted on Sep 2, 2013
Submitted on Sep 2, 2013

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