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What kind of grasshopper? - Melanoplus sanguinipes
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What kind of grasshopper? - Melanoplus sanguinipes
Gulfport, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
March 29, 2008
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Contributed by EclecticNature on 29 March, 2008 - 6:08pm
Last updated 30 July, 2008 - 10:44pm

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus.
… john and jane balaban, 30 July, 2008 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

Nymph:-)
This is a nymph, probably in the genus Melanoplus, family Acrididae
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 March, 2008 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I can't tell any of these apart so I really appreciate all the help!
… EclecticNature, 31 March, 2008 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Melanoplus sanguinipes likely
This is more of an educated guess than an identification. Being female, and the fact that I don't know the nymphs of all the Florida species, are both factors that make it somewhat uncertain. However, there aren't very many long-winged species down there (this is a 4th instar of a long-winged species), and the pattern is proper for M. sanguinipes.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 April, 2008 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

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