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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Melanoplus » Round-winged Grasshopper (Melanoplus rotundipennis)
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Grasshopper - Melanoplus rotundipennis - female
Copyright © 2006 Sharon

Grasshopper - Melanoplus rotundipennis - Female
Tavares, Lake County, Florida, USA
April 16, 2006
Maybe a nymph? Has tiny wings.
Was eating a PawPaw flower.
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Contributed by Sharon on 25 April, 2006 - 2:01pm
Last updated 26 June, 2009 - 3:28pm

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… john and jane balaban, 29 July, 2008 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

Melanoplus species
This is an adult with short wings. It is a female, making it difficult to nail down to species, but it is probably M. rotundipennis. There are several short-winged species in Florida that look similar, but your location helps to narrow it down to a few and coloration makes this one most likely. Males are much easier to identify, if the details of the end of the abdomen are clearly visible.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 July, 2008 - 12:17am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Orthoptera.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 November, 2006 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

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