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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 » Two-spined Spur-throat Grasshopper (Melanoplus bispinosus)
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Melanoplus bispinosus - Melanoplus bispinosus - male
Copyright © 2014 William Donald Newton

Melanoplus bispinosus - Melanoplus bispinosus - Male
North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
September 29, 2014
Warm, very dry, windy afternoon, this remained for only one shot with telephoto lens.
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Contributed by William Donald Newton on 29 September, 2014 - 6:08pm
Last updated 30 September, 2014 - 1:04pm

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… David J. Ferguson, 30 September, 2014 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

I'm pretty sure M. bispinosus is correct,
so I'll put it with that species. I just wanted to point out that these can be difficult, and was hoping you might have a shot that shows the abdomen better - we don't have many good shots of that end posted here yet. In fact, not many of this species from outside of Texas yet.

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… David J. Ferguson, 30 September, 2014 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

a male in the genus Melanoplus
There are a few species that look similar. Do you have a photo that shows the end of the abdomen more clearly? The easiest characteristics to separate the species are located there. I think is likely M. bispinosus, but could be M. sanguinipes or another.
… David J. Ferguson, 30 September, 2014 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

 
No, I don't.
This was just one shot I got from some very active grasshoppers.
… William Donald Newton, 30 September, 2014 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

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