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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 » Migratory Grasshopper (Melanoplus sanguinipes)
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Grasshopper - Melanoplus sanguinipes - male
Copyright © 2014 Ann and Rob Simpson

Grasshopper - Melanoplus sanguinipes - Male
Northern Range, Mammoth Hot Springs_Gardiner area; Yellowstone National Park, Montana, USA
July 10, 2012
habitat; prairie, grasslands; short grass, sagebrush along a small spring fed stream resting on Smooth Horsetail, Equisetum laevigatum

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Contributed by Ann and Rob Simpson on 8 December, 2014 - 2:02pm
Last updated 16 December, 2014 - 8:42pm

The pictures helped
These are Melanoplus sanguinipes. Some of the clues include - bump on under side of middle of thorax (the low rounded one, not the "spur" between the front legs). Only a few species have this, and then mostly only males. The subgenital plate clearly shows the notch at the end on the second (under side) shot. And, of course the color pattern is typical of the species (but several look pretty much the same).

I can't help hoping the one lost his mite infestation with his last molt, but they probably stuck with him.

Moved from Melanoplus.
… David J. Ferguson, 16 December, 2014 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again David
I suppose the mites are specific to grasshoppers - I wonder why they are so brightly colored?
… Ann and Rob Simpson, 18 December, 2014 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

They are in genus Melanoplus
Being male and nearly mature, I can probably identify the species, but it will be easier if you happen to have closer shots showing the end of an abdomen in clearer focus.

Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 15 December, 2014 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

 
David thank you
David I have posted 3 more images to help you with the species. - thanks for all of the ids - your time energy and effort are appreciated. - Ann and Rob
… Ann and Rob Simpson, 16 December, 2014 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

Melanoplus nymphs, I think
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… metrioptera, 8 December, 2014 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Metrioptera
I have posted a few images more at the request of David.
… Ann and Rob Simpson, 16 December, 2014 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 8 December, 2014 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

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