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Small Grasshopper - Melanoplus sanguinipes
Copyright © 2007 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Small Grasshopper - Melanoplus sanguinipes
Chicago, McCormick Place, Cook County, Illinois, USA
July 27, 2007
Size: ~1in
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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 29 July, 2007 - 8:21am
Last updated 6 March, 2008 - 2:34pm

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 March, 2008 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

Melanoplus sanguinipes
You can see the subgenital plate, and it is almost certainly M. sanguinipes. Another species that can have a similar shape to this plate, but usually different coloration, is M. angustipennis. That species likes sand, and is "smoother" looking, less speckled with usually a shiny solid black bar extending back from the eye.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 February, 2008 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

Melanoplus sp., male.
This is one of the spur-throated grasshoppers, genus Melanoplus. Cannot ID without examining male genitalia.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 July, 2007 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

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