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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 » Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)

Species Melanoplus differentialis - Differential Grasshopper

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Subfamily Melanoplinae (Spur-throated Grasshoppers)
Genus Melanoplus
Species differentialis (Differential Grasshopper)
Size
Males: 28-37mm, Females 34-50mm. (1)
Identification
Forewings, pronotum uniform, without distinctive marks. Black herringbone markings on outer face of hind femora. Yellow hind tibiae. (1)
Range
Capinera's map shows most of U.S. except for southeast, northeast, and northwest. (1). BugGuide has images from the southeast outside of the Capinera map.
Habitat
Lush vegetation, moist crop areas. (1)
Season
Adults July-October. (1)
Remarks
Significant crop pest in the Midwest. (1)
Print References
Capinera, pp. 122-123 & plate 25. (1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
By John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker
Contributed by Mike Boone on 29 July, 2004 - 9:42pm
Last updated 14 April, 2005 - 4:08pm

Is this species supposed to b
Is this species supposed to be deep in South Carolina?
… BirdwingFan, 19 October, 2006 - 5:57pm

 
Range
I have a photo (1) taken at the Congaree Swamp.
… Mike Boone, 19 October, 2006 - 6:08pm

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