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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 » Red-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum)
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Grasshopper - Melanoplus femurrubrum - male
Copyright © 2007 David E. Reed

Grasshopper - Melanoplus femurrubrum - Male
Bailey Island, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
August 24, 2007
Size: 24mm body
My guess would be Northern Spurthroat (Melanoplus borealis) but I would like input from someone who isn't just guessing.
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Contributed by David E. Reed on 25 August, 2007 - 11:19pm
Last updated 22 March, 2014 - 3:27pm

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 February, 2008 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

Melanoplus femurrubrum
The shape of the subgenital plate, and the coloration make this a Red-legged Grasshopper.
… David J. Ferguson, 31 October, 2007 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

Looks more like Melanoplus bi
Looks more like Melanoplus bivittata - Two-striped, slightly dark exposure. But I could be wrong. Whoops - changed my mind - I think you've got it.
… Jim Bliss, 25 August, 2007 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Grasshopper
Thanks for your help.
… David E. Reed, 26 August, 2007 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Melanoplu sp., male.
This image is so good it actually leaves room (albeit slim) for hope of a species ID. It is obviously a male (bulbous abdomen), so that helps a great deal as well.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 August, 2007 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Melanoplus
Thanks, Eric. Now I'll have to see if I can catch some. They don't often stand still for photos such as this one. I'll see if I can find more detailed images to post.
… David E. Reed, 28 August, 2007 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

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