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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Melanoplus » Two-Striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus)

Species Melanoplus bivittatus - Two-Striped Grasshopper

Classification · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Internet References
Little Green Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph) - Melanoplus bivittatus Two-striped Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus - male Two-Striped Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus - female grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus - female Large Grasshopper, 1:20pm - Melanoplus bivittatus - female Melanoplus differentialis nymph? - Melanoplus bivittatus - female Two-Striped Grasshoppers? - Melanoplus bivittatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Subfamily Melanoplinae (Spur-throated Grasshoppers)
Genus Melanoplus
Species bivittatus (Two-Striped Grasshopper)
Size
30-55 mm.
Range
Found in most of the United States except Florida and the southern portion of the other states on the Gulf of Mexico. Also lacking in coastal Oregon and Washington. This species lives in Southern Canada, the Maritime provinces, and in a tiny portion of Mexico just south of New Mexico.
Habitat
Meadows, prairies, crop fields.
Season
June to October.
Remarks
One of a vast number of species in this genus.
Internet References
University of Wyoming:
Field Guide to Common Western Grasshoppers
Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 4 October, 2004 - 3:50pm

Additional References on M. bivittatus
Bland, Orthoptera of Michigan, p. 88 (1)
Helfer, How to Know the Grasshoppers, p. 220, fig. 349. (2)

http://www.lesinsectesduquebec.com/--Insects of Quebec, in particular, this image: http://www.lesinsectesduquebec.com/insecta/11-orthoptera/melanoplus_bivittatus.jpg.
http://cedarcreek.umn.edu/insects/album/011005094bp.html--Insects of Cedar Creek
(Thanks to Robin McLeod for pointing me at a couple of those.)

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 4 January, 2005 - 6:30am

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