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Photo#49404
Grasshopper - Melanoplus rotundipennis - female

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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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.

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