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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 » Lakin Grasshopper (Melanoplus lakinus)
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Differential Grasshopper? - Melanoplus lakinus - male - female
Copyright © 2013 katydont44

Differential Grasshopper? - Melanoplus lakinus - Male Female
Indio Mountains Research Station, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
September 28, 2013
Size: 3< cm
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Contributed by katydont44 on 30 September, 2013 - 1:08pm
Last updated 2 October, 2013 - 7:41pm

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… David J. Ferguson, 2 October, 2013 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

not only do they look alot alike,
but M. lakinus and P. nebrascensis often occur together in the same places. This pair looks like M. lakinus (without seeing male genitalia, the best clues include the smaller head and thicker hind femora).

Differential Grasshoppers are about twice as big, and don't have blue hind tibiae.
… David J. Ferguson, 2 October, 2013 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

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