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Can this Grasshopper be identified? - Melanoplus bivittatus - female
Copyright © 2008 Steven Price

Can this Grasshopper be identified? - Melanoplus bivittatus - Female
Devens, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 19, 2008
Size: less than 1" w/o antennae
Contributed by Steven Price on 20 June, 2008 - 11:02am
Last updated 24 September, 2009 - 3:08pm

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… john and jane balaban, 29 July, 2008 - 3:46pm

Melanoplus bivittatus
Most Melanoplus nymphs are almost impossible, but location and pattern make this one pretty certain. It's a 4th instar female.
… David J. Ferguson, 29 July, 2008 - 3:45am

 
Wow
Thank you!
… Steven Price, 29 July, 2008 - 5:15am

Nymph.
Unlikely to get much better than subfamily.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 July, 2008 - 3:21pm

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