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Dissoteira carolina ? - Melanoplus scudderi
Copyright © 2006 Paul Scharf

Dissoteira carolina ? - Melanoplus scudderi
Lake Gaston, Warren County, North Carolina, USA
September 15, 2006
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Contributed by Paul Scharf on 16 January, 2007 - 1:11pm
Last updated 13 February, 2008 - 2:44pm

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 February, 2008 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

Melanoplus scudderi
I think this is what it is. It is not a nymph, but rather an adult female of a short-winged species.
… David J. Ferguson, 19 November, 2007 - 2:41am login or register to post comments

No.
Nymph of something else, probably slant-faced subfamily, or even Melanoplinae. Very difficult to ID immatures!
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 January, 2007 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

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