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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 » Walsh's Short-wing Grasshopper (Melanoplus walshii)
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Grasshopper - Melanoplus walshii - female
Copyright © 2008 Callen Harty

Grasshopper - Melanoplus walshii - Female
Devil's Lake State Park, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA
September 3, 2007
I know it's almost impossible to identify some of the grasshoppers from pictures, and particularly nymphs, but I thought I'd give it a try on this one.
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Contributed by Callen Harty on 25 July, 2008 - 12:41am
Last updated 8 January, 2009 - 7:28am

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… john and jane balaban, 29 July, 2008 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

Melanoplus walshii maybe
There have been several of these on BugGuide, and I've been researching names. I now believe that these from the Midwest with short wings and a pale stripe (sometimes faint) along the top edge of the folded wings are probably all referable to M. walshii.
… David J. Ferguson, 29 July, 2008 - 2:51am login or register to post comments

Adult female.
This is actually an adult female in the genus Melanoplus, some species (and/or populations) of which have abbreviated wings. Have no clue as to species, though, sorry. Great image that may lead Dave Ferguson to a species....
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 July, 2008 - 1:57am login or register to post comments

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