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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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yellow short-horned grasshopper - species? sex? - Melanoplus femurrubrum
Copyright © 2012 Siu Ng

yellow short-horned grasshopper - species? sex? - Melanoplus femurrubrum
Wilkens Fruit and Fir Farm, 1335 White Hill Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 County, New York, USA
October 13, 2012

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yellow short-horned grasshopper - species? sex? - Melanoplus femurrubrum yellow short-horned grasshopper - species? sex? - Melanoplus femurrubrum
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Contributed by Siu Ng on 13 October, 2012 - 8:12pm
Last updated 15 October, 2012 - 12:02am

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… David J. Ferguson, 15 October, 2012 - 12:02am login or register to post comments

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… metrioptera, 14 October, 2012 - 7:30am login or register to post comments

possibly Red-legged Grasshopper
looks to me like a male Red-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus fermurrubrum). I could be wrong, but the U-shaped subgenital plate matches the Red-legged. They aren't usually this yellow, but there are several overall color variations.
… Chad Lensbower, 13 October, 2012 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

 
yellow is exaggerated
I did some postprocessing on one photo so the yellow is exaggerated. But its bright yellow under the sun is really so catchy that I cannot resist to take so many shots of it. And it stayed still and so cooperative.
… Siu Ng, 14 October, 2012 - 5:33am login or register to post comments

 
very nice photos, regardless.
I'm 99% confident it's a male Redlegged. They do actually come in a variety of colors (even a rare blue form), so bright yellow isn't out of the realm of possibility. Identifying a lot of the Melanoplus to species can be tricky, but is easier in males.
… Chad Lensbower, 14 October, 2012 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
I would like to see a blue one in the future.
… Siu Ng, 14 October, 2012 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

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