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Two-Striped Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus - Melanoplus bivittatus - female
Copyright © 2006 Mark Edward Honstein

Two-Striped Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus - Melanoplus bivittatus - Female
Loveland/Big Thompson Canyon, Larimer/Roosevelt National Forest County, Colorado, USA
August 26, 2006
Size: 6 cm
He was camera shy. Two-Striped Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus, other pic is better.

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Two-Striped Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus - Melanoplus bivittatus - female Two-Striped Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus - Melanoplus bivittatus - female
Contributed by Mark Edward Honstein on 27 August, 2006 - 7:24pm
Last updated 24 September, 2009 - 3:23pm

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Orthoptera.
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 November, 2006 - 2:30pm

Must be the right time for these guys
They're cropping up - guide page needed.
… Ron Hemberger, 4 September, 2006 - 10:31am

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