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Melanoplus scudderi
Brown grasshopper; approximately 1.5 inches long; upper hind legs don’t have bands on outer faces (as do many Melanoplus sp.) but have 2 dark spots on top. Tibae are reddish. Wings shorter than the pronatum; the oval forewings almost overlap on top. Dark stripe behind the eye.
Perched on mushroom (Russula sp.) in an open mixed hardwood/pine forest, on east-facing slope above a lake. Found in late summer into early winter.
Identification courtesy of Bug Guide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1150984#20...
Spotted on Oct 5, 2015
Submitted on Oct 7, 2015
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