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Melanoplus differentialis nymph? - Melanoplus bivittatus - female
Copyright © 2008 Bo Z

Melanoplus differentialis nymph? - Melanoplus bivittatus - Female
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 12, 2008
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Contributed by Bo Z on 4 March, 2009 - 9:23pm
Last updated 24 September, 2009 - 2:46pm

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers.
… Bo Z, 26 March, 2009 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

close, but no
It is M. bivittatus. In M. differentialis, the markings on the hind femur would be more bold, and more of a striking herring-bone pattern that would cross further into the lower half as well as the top half.

The two are very closely related, and if not for coloring, it would be almost impossible to tell them apart (even then, some nymphs tend to vary enough from the "norm" to be difficult). Your's is pretty "normal" for M. bivittatus.
… David J. Ferguson, 26 March, 2009 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

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