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Unidentified Melanoplus Nymphs (Melanoplus Unidentified Melanoplus Nymphs)
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canadaguy2001
Grasshopper/cricket? -
Melanoplus
Cochrane, Alberta, Alberta, Canada
December 31, 1969
I'd never seen one so small before, assuming it is young.
What a lil'jumper though!!
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canadaguy2001
on 15 July, 2009 - 12:03am
Last updated 8 August, 2009 - 8:46pm
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John F. Carr
, 8 August, 2009 - 8:46pm
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Definitely young
a hatchling of a Melanoplus species, probably will be over an inch when mature, maybe an inch and a half - depends on species. Could be M. femurrubrum, but I'm not sure.
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David J. Ferguson
, 15 July, 2009 - 7:49pm
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