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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 » Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus) » Melanoplus bivittatus femoratus
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Short horned grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus
Copyright © 2010 Doug

Short horned grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus
Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia, USA
June 10, 2010
Probably not enough for definitive ID...

Note the stripe on the hind leg...
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Contributed by Doug on 10 June, 2010 - 2:47pm
Last updated 15 September, 2013 - 12:26pm

Moved
Moved from Two-Striped Grasshopper.
… David J. Ferguson, 15 September, 2013 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 5 July, 2010 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

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mmm - the move didn't take
… David J. Ferguson, 5 July, 2010 - 11:55pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 4 July, 2010 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

nope - can't be definitive.
but I can be moderately sure. It looks like a nymph of Melanoplus bivittatus. For one thing, the dark racing stripe on the hind leg is visible, and only a few species have similar.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 June, 2010 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Does Melanoplus bivittatus so
Does Melanoplus bivittatus sometimes have such dark antennae?
… Doug, 10 June, 2010 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

 
I did notice that,
even though they stand out in this photo. I think it's not unusual. They seem to vary from individual to individual in both nymphs and adults.

… David J. Ferguson, 11 June, 2010 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

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