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Two-striped Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus - female
Copyright © 2008 Lynette Schimming

Two-striped Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus - Female
Thompson Falls, Sanders County, Montana, USA
August 9, 2008
ID based on other images from this area. This is a very common grasshopper here. They fly up from your feet with each step when you walk through the fields.
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 11 August, 2008 - 9:30pm

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