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Red Grasshopper - Melanoplus
Copyright © 2007 Edith Kangas

Red Grasshopper - Melanoplus
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
August 11, 2007
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Contributed by Edith Kangas on 28 August, 2007 - 10:51am
Last updated 13 February, 2008 - 2:27pm

adult female
Hi, Right now I can't go beyond that, but hopefully I'll learn the short-winged eastern species well enough to identify this one (as well as others) before too long.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 August, 2008 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 February, 2008 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

Melanoplus sp.
This is either a nymph, or an adult female. Either way, it is impossible to ID Melanoplus to species from images alone. Need to examine the male genitalia in detail....
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 August, 2007 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

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