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Melanoplus femurrubrum 01a - Melanoplus femurrubrum - male
Copyright © 2007 Karl Volkman

Melanoplus femurrubrum 01a - Melanoplus femurrubrum - Male
Curlew Lake, 10 miles northeast of Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
September 18, 2007
Photographed near Curlew Lake, ~10 miles Northeast of Republic, ~20 Miles south of the Canadian Border, ~150 miles east of the Cascade mountains, ~2100 ft in elevation.

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Melanoplus femurrubrum 01a - Melanoplus femurrubrum - male Melanoplus femurrubrum 01b - Melanoplus femurrubrum - male Melanoplus femurrubrum 01c - Melanoplus femurrubrum - male
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Contributed by Karl Volkman on 5 December, 2007 - 11:51pm
Last updated 27 December, 2007 - 12:44am

Red-legged Grasshopper
The prominently bulgy look of the end of this little fellow's abdomen and what looks to be a clean 'scooped' finish to his external genitalia suggests that this guy's a red-legged grasshopper or Melanoplus femurrubrum. The colouring and markings are also very typical of the more brightly coloured individuals, at least the ones I've seen.

Some good shots of red-legged private parts here!...
http://www.opsu.edu/UnivSchools/ScienceMathNurs/PlantsGrassh/grasshoppers/files/m_femurr.html
… Heimchen, 6 December, 2007 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

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