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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Melanoplini » Melanoplus » Red-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum)
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Grasshopper - Melanoplus femurrubrum
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Grasshopper - Melanoplus femurrubrum
Spring Green Preserve State Natural Area, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA
August 25, 2007
I believe this is a Melanoplus angustipennis.
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 27 August, 2007 - 12:46pm
Last updated 15 February, 2008 - 3:17pm

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 February, 2008 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

Red-leg Grasshopper probably
Hi, The yellowish coloring, the rather even herring-bone pattern on the hind femur, and the apparently (hard to see) swollen end of the abdomen all argue for M. femurrubrum. I of course can't be absolutely certain without seeing more detail of the end of the abdomen, but I'm fairly sure. Several species look a great deal alike in pattern and size, and they often occur in the same areas. Most common look-alikes for this one in your part of the world are probably M. angustipennis and M. sanguinipes, but they have a narrower notched subgenital plate, giving a smaller end to the abdomen, and smaller cerci, plus they usually aren't yellowish. M. angustipennis is often grayish, and M. sanguinipes grayish to slightly blue-greenish. All is inconclusive without seeing the details though, and females are really difficult (but usually look like the males they are with).
… David J. Ferguson, 20 September, 2007 - 3:36am login or register to post comments

 
Such is life with these guys.
Such is life with these guys....working on catching more of these in the future for the necessary diagnostic shots.
… Tom Bentley, 20 September, 2007 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spur-throated Grasshoppers.
… Tom Bentley, 29 August, 2007 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Orthoptera.
… Tom Bentley, 27 August, 2007 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

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