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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 » Red-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum)
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grasshopper - Melanoplus femurrubrum - female
Copyright © 2008 Matt Edmonds

grasshopper - Melanoplus femurrubrum - Female
Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 3 September, 2008 - 1:47pm
Last updated 2 August, 2012 - 11:27pm

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Moved from Unidentified Melanoplus Nymphs.
… David J. Ferguson, 2 August, 2012 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

Melanoplus species
It looks like M. femurrubrum (Red-legged Grasshopper), a last instar nymph (almost grown up); however, there are a lot of species in the genus Melanoplus in Kansas, so I'm not entirely sure if it is this species or another related. If there are adults (with long wings - and the coloration will be quite different) to go with the nymphs, that might help to make it certain.
… David J. Ferguson, 3 September, 2008 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks David!
I grew up in Kansas and had forgotten how prevalent they are in the late summer! With every step I took, grasshoppers of different shapes/sizes and colors jumped and flew away! I have a few more pictures to add from my trip but I don't think there are adults of this species included in them.
Thanks for your help.
… Matt Edmonds, 3 September, 2008 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

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