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Grasshopper- Melanoplus? - Melanoplus femurrubrum
Copyright © 2007 Andrew Meeds

Grasshopper- Melanoplus? - Melanoplus femurrubrum
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
August 19, 2007
Size: close to an inch
Found near a sewage drainage creek type place...lots of vegetation and this one really caught my eye... I think it may be Melanoplus... can anyone confirm or correct me?
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Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 21 August, 2007 - 5:56pm
Last updated 9 August, 2008 - 10:21pm

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus.
… Andrew Meeds, 9 August, 2008 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

probably
Melanoplus femurrubrum
… David J. Ferguson, 8 August, 2008 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
thank you
… Andrew Meeds, 9 August, 2008 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 October, 2007 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

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