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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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Copyright © 2006 Rob Curtis

6008786 grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus -

McLaughry Springs FP, Cook County, Illinois, USA
July 13, 2006
Size: ~5/8"

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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 17 July, 2006 - 5:05pm
Last updated 15 September, 2013 - 12:17pm

Moved

Moved from Two-Striped Grasshopper.

… David J. Ferguson, 15 September, 2013 - 12:15pm

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Moved

Moved from Nymphs.

… David J. Ferguson, 30 December, 2009 - 1:33am

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Moved

Moved from Melanoplus.

… David J. Ferguson, 14 August, 2008 - 5:58pm

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Melanoplus differentialis

This is most likely a Differential grasshopper, Melanoplus differentialis. Most likely 3rd or 4th instar judging by the size of the wings - visible yet still rather small.

… Joecapricorn, 10 June, 2007 - 12:09am

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Leaning strongly

toward M. bivittatus. The "heringbone" pattern on the hind femur of M. differentialis is usually much bolder and crosses further to the lower half of the hind femur. Occasional individuals of both species can be very similar and difficult to tell apart though. It is last instar (usually the last is 5th, sometimes 6th), notice that the wing pads are relatively large and will touch in the middle at the top (or nearly so).

… David J. Ferguson, 31 March, 2008 - 5:37pm

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Spur-throated Nymph, I Think...

...maybe something in the Melanoplus genus...some two-lined (Melanoplus bivittatus) babies look rather like this, although the size sounds a tad small. Pretty far along...just a molt or two away from adulthood...and I think it's a female--this grasshopper just looks 'feminine' to me for some inexplicable reason! :D

… Heimchen, 17 July, 2006 - 6:11pm

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I think I may have undersized

I think I may have undersized it in my memory.

… Rob Curtis, 17 July, 2006 - 6:17pm

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