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Photo#67269
Short-horned grasshopper - Melanoplus femurrubrum - male

Short-horned grasshopper - Melanoplus femurrubrum - Male
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
July 28, 2006
This looks close to some of the nymphs shown on the general short-horned grasshopper section. Can it be linked to an adult?

Moved

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus.

Melanoplus femurrubrum probably
Rarely absolutely certain on a nymph of this genus, but this probably belongs to this species. It is a last (probably 5th) instar nymph.

Nymphs.
Dream on! This is most likely in the genus Melanoplus, though, and that will be the best we can do.

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