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Grasshopper - Melanoplus franciscanus - male
Copyright © 2019 Jim Burns

Grasshopper - Melanoplus franciscanus - Male
Workman Creek, Gila County, Arizona, USA
September 4, 2019
Size: 1"
This grasshopper was photographed at sunrise in a mountain blackberry patch. I'd like to have an identification to species. Thanks.
Contributed by Jim Burns on 10 September, 2019 - 11:01pm
Last updated 2 March, 2021 - 12:09pm

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus.
… David J. Ferguson, 2 March, 2021 - 12:09pm

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Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… metrioptera, 13 September, 2019 - 8:49am

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… John F. Carr, 11 September, 2019 - 7:12am

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