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Melanoplus femurrubrum
Several species look quite similar, and this one is best identified by looking at the end of the male's abdomen, which is enlarged, and with the subgenital plant "U"-shaped along the top edge when viewed from behind. The furculae are well-developed (slender, pointed, roughly half as long as supra-anal plate), and the cerci are relatively wide, tapering, blunt. The hind femur usually has an even pattern without cross banding on the outer face (though there may be indications of one or two partial pale diagonal cross-bands) and the color tends to be olivaceous with an overall rather even herringbone pattern. The hind tibiae are red except in rare individuals of the blue and yellow form, which may have purplish or blue hind tibiae. The wings are fully developed, but may not extend past the tips of the hind femora (usually they do), and in most regions they are rather plain without much obvious patterning (sometimes there are dark and light spots along the middle, and sometimes the angle (as when folded) is somewhat pale. Coloration varies greatly, but usually the underside is yellow, and often the sides of the face and thorax are somewhat greenish or yellowish. Usually the overall coloring is grayish, but some individuals are strikingly orange, yellowish, or even purplish, and there is a form in which the coloration is predominantly contrasting blue and yellow.
Small grasshopper (body about 1" long) spotted on our garage door!
4 Comments
Updated with ID provided by bugguide.net.
Yes eyes are different...
Thanks Ashish, though I don't think that is it. This guy was quite a glossy red-brown color.
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