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Dapper Hopper - Melanoplus yarrowii - male
Copyright © 2006 Ron Hemberger

Dapper Hopper - Melanoplus yarrowii - Male
Irvine Park, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
November 3, 2006

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 3 November, 2006 - 9:29pm
Last updated 15 February, 2008 - 4:07pm

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus yarrowii.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 February, 2008 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus.
… Ron Hemberger, 15 February, 2008 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

Melanopus yarrowii
I saw this one a while back, but couldn't find it again. But here it is. The shape of the cerci and coloration are distinctive.
… David J. Ferguson, 15 February, 2008 - 2:36am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, David
That doubles the BG population.
… Ron Hemberger, 15 February, 2008 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

Male, probably Melanoplus.
Look at the size of those aroliae (the pads between the claws on each leg)! Very distinctive for Melanoplus and related genera. This is a male, so might be able to get a species, even, eventually. Quite colorful for this genus, too:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 November, 2006 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, it is very pretty.
I hadn't noticed the pads - interesting.

The hopper was in a newly cleared section of trail that was once water, then thick reeds. I thought it an odd place for a grasshopper. Haven't seen any there since.

I'm generally more alert to these guys now that there's less to see on the trails. Will keep shooting.
… Ron Hemberger, 6 November, 2006 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

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