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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 » Lakin Grasshopper (Melanoplus lakinus)
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Grasshopper sp. - Melanoplus lakinus - female
Copyright © 2008 Richard Fray

Grasshopper sp. - Melanoplus lakinus - Female
Cochise Stronghold Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
September 17, 2007
Photos taken last September. I think these three photos are the same individual, but there were grasshoppers everywhere. And ID help would be appreciated :)

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Grasshopper sp. - Melanoplus lakinus - female Grasshopper sp. - Melanoplus lakinus - female Grasshopper sp. - Melanoplus lakinus - female
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Contributed by Richard Fray on 3 July, 2008 - 5:20am
Last updated 2 November, 2012 - 12:37pm

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 August, 2008 - 12:19am login or register to post comments

Melanoplus lakinus
As usual with females, I'm not 100% certain, since I don't live in se. Arizona; however, I'm pretty sure this is a long-winged female of this species (coloration is rather distinctive).
… David J. Ferguson, 26 July, 2008 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Many thanks David
I've got more grasshopper shots to upload as well.... :)
… Richard Fray, 27 July, 2008 - 1:45am login or register to post comments

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