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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 » Red-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum)
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Spur-Throated Grasshopper - Melanoplus femurrubrum - male
Copyright © 2006 Tony DiTerlizzi

Spur-Throated Grasshopper - Melanoplus femurrubrum - Male
Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 7, 2006
Size: ~17 mm
A richly colored male found in the field behind our house. I am hoping the cerci are clear enough in this shot to garner a species ID...Eric?
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Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 7 August, 2006 - 6:40pm
Last updated 25 February, 2008 - 4:46pm

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus. Thanks David!
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 25 February, 2008 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

yes, definitely that's what it is
It's a very colorful one. I like these bright orangey ones, but I like the blue ones even better.
Blue Melanoplus femurrubrum
… David J. Ferguson, 22 February, 2008 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

Redlegged Grasshopper?
This looks like a bright, perky little Redlegged hopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum) to me. The Pfadt's sheet for this species has good ID info and mentions that the overall bulbous look of the male's genital area is diagnostic--here's their closeup of it:



Experts: Any similar species with like features to consider? I like the Pfadt's sheets, but they do mainly only cover grasshopper species of concern to agricultural interests...I'm sure there must be many others one could be looking at...
… Heimchen, 7 August, 2006 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

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