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Spur-throated Grasshopper

Melanoplus sp.

Description:

A brown grasshopper on a blade of grass.

Habitat:

In a small prairie near big bluestem at McDole Elementary School.

1 Species ID Suggestions

BugEric
BugEric 10 years ago
Spur-throated Grasshopper
Melanoplus sp. Genus Melanoplus - BugGuide.Net


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1 Comment

BugEric
BugEric 10 years ago

There are many, many species in this genus, and close-up images of the tip of the abdomen of *males* are the only way to identify them.

McDole Elementary
Spotted by a stud ent at McDole Elementary

Illinois, USA

Spotted on Sep 16, 2013
Submitted on Sep 27, 2013

Spotted for Mission

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