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Acrididae - Melanoplus
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Acrididae - Melanoplus
Flagler County, Florida, USA
June 13, 2014
Contributed by Even Dankowicz on 30 July, 2015 - 12:51pm
Last updated 28 December, 2015 - 11:11pm

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… metrioptera, 28 December, 2015 - 11:11pm

Melanoplus species
Proportions imply it is female. I suspect it is M. sanguinipes, but it's hard to be absolutely certain. There are only a few species in Florida that look like this, but they can be difficult to tell apart without diagnostic parts at the end of the abdomen showing (and much harder to tell females apart than males).
… David J. Ferguson, 28 December, 2015 - 9:50pm

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