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Two-Striped Grasshopper

Melanoplus bivittatus

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Description:

about one inch, 2 prominent white stripes with black in between

Habitat:

meadow

Notes:

I spotted this at Fireman's Park. This grasshopper let me get extremely close to it and still never jumped away. I used the flash on a few of the photos.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 12 years ago
Two-striped Grasshopper
Melanoplus bivittatus Species Melanoplus bivittatus - Two-Striped Grasshopper - BugGuide.Net


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Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Thanks Keith, turns out I saw a nymph of this earlier in the summer.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/693...

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Dan Doucette
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Dan Doucette

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Sep 9, 2011
Submitted on Sep 10, 2011

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