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Pine Tree Spurthroat Grasshopper - Melanoplus punctulatus? - Melanoplus punctulatus - female
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Pine Tree Spurthroat Grasshopper - Melanoplus punctulatus? - Melanoplus punctulatus - Female
Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
August 2, 2008
Size: ~30 mm
I think this is Melanoplus punctulatus. I'll put it there for now. Found outside Twin Creeks Science and Education Center.

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Pine Tree Spurthroat Grasshopper - Melanoplus punctulatus? - Melanoplus punctulatus - female Pine Tree Spurthroat Grasshopper - Melanoplus punctulatus? - Melanoplus punctulatus - female
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Contributed by kestrel360 on 3 August, 2008 - 2:22pm

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