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Ponderous Spur-throat Grasshopper (Melanoplus ponderosus)
Photo#992216
Copyright © 2014
Michael Skvarla
Acrididae 2 -
Melanoplus ponderosus
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Fayetteville, Mt Kessler, Washington County, Arkansas, USA
September 6, 2014
Photographed as part of a bioblitz. Any help is appreciated.
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Contributed by
Michael Skvarla
on 6 September, 2014 - 9:08pm
Last updated 15 December, 2014 - 8:05pm
looks like a female Melanoplus ponderosus
However, the name may get changed, because the
M. ponderosus
group has been divided up into more than one "species" recently. I'm not sure which segregate this belongs to, but will try to come back to these and sort them out. They may end up listed on BugGuide as the "Ponderosus Group", much as the
M. viridipes
and
M. dodgei
groups are now.
Moved from
Spur-throated Grasshoppers
.
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David J. Ferguson
, 15 December, 2014 - 8:00pm
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