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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Melanoplus » Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
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Intense Green Grasshopper - Melanoplus differentialis
Copyright © 2007 Robert L. Pearson

Intense Green Grasshopper - Melanoplus differentialis
Skull Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
September 11, 2007
Feeding on Bean pod.
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Contributed by Robert L. Pearson on 6 March, 2008 - 4:09pm
Last updated 29 July, 2008 - 8:22pm

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… john and jane balaban, 29 July, 2008 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Melanoplus differentialis
I agree. A last instar nymph.
… David J. Ferguson, 19 May, 2008 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

Melanoplus
I'm thinking, based on the hind femora and arolia, that this is probably a nymph of Melanoplus differentialis, late instar (maybe 4th). But Orthopterans are far from my forte, so I hope an expert will comment.
… J.D. Roberts, 8 April, 2008 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

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