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Migratory Grasshopper (Melanoplus sanguinipes)
Photo#41694
Copyright © 2006
tom murray
Red-headed Grasshopper -
Melanoplus sanguinipes
Bethlehem, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
July 19, 2004
Is this one of the Spur-throated Grasshoppers?
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 28 January, 2006 - 8:02am
Last updated 1 March, 2023 - 9:31am
Identified by David Ferguson
as probably being this species.
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tom murray
, 24 November, 2007 - 10:46pm
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I think so.
Looks like something in the Melanoplinae, alright. I think this is the second image we have of this species, so maybe between the two we can get it identified more specifically. The rust colored dorsum seems to be pretty consistent.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 30 January, 2006 - 2:51pm
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