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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Melanoplini » Melanoplus » Pine Tree Spur-throat Grasshopper (Melanoplus punctulatus)
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What grasshopper nymph? - Melanoplus punctulatus - male
Copyright © 2008 Elizabeth Winthrop

What grasshopper nymph? - Melanoplus punctulatus - Male
10 miles north of Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri, USA
June 30, 2008
Size: 25 mm
I'm horrible at IDing grasshoppers. Even worse than moths!!

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What grasshopper nymph? - Melanoplus punctulatus - male What grasshopper nymph? - Melanoplus punctulatus - male
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Contributed by Elizabeth Winthrop on 30 June, 2008 - 3:07pm
Last updated 6 April, 2010 - 10:59pm

Moved to species, with
the caution that it might be wrong. It has the distinctive "look" of this species, and probably is it, but it's very hard to be 100% certain with nymphs of this genus.

Moved from Nymphs.
… David J. Ferguson, 17 December, 2009 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus.
… David J. Ferguson, 14 August, 2008 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 August, 2008 - 1:22am login or register to post comments

subfamily Melanoplinae
It's in this subfamily, and most likely a species of Melanoplus. Can't do better than that without more learnin'.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 August, 2008 - 3:05am login or register to post comments

Nymph.
This is the nymph of an acridid grasshopper, probably something in the Melanoplinae subfamily. Even the 'adults' are a pain for 'experts' to ID, so take heart already:-) Moving to family page for now.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 July, 2008 - 4:06am login or register to post comments

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