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Grasshopper - Melanoplus
Copyright © 2015 Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover)

Grasshopper - Melanoplus
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 12, 2015
Size: Aprox: 1"
Any ideas what kind of grasshopper this is? It appears to be something from the Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) Family, but I'm not sure what species it is. It was very small.

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Contributed by Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover) on 12 June, 2015 - 6:53pm
Last updated 13 June, 2015 - 7:59am

Melanoplus nymph
We have some other similar ones that are still at genus

Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 13 June, 2015 - 7:59am

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