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Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
Photo#2067014
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Andrew Kahl
Please identify this grasshopper. -
Melanoplus differentialis
Gillespie County, Texas, USA
June 12, 2019
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Andrew Kahl
on 29 November, 2021 - 4:06pm
Last updated 19 September, 2022 - 8:37pm
Melanoplus differentialis
I'm not absolutely positive, but I think this is much more likely to be
M. differentialis
than
M. bivittatus
. It appears that both species could be in the area, but this is far south for
M. bivittatus
. The nymphs are very similar, but the pattern on the hind femur is more in keeping with
M. differentialis
, and I think, of the two, it's the more likely to be seen in this area.
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David J. Ferguson
, 19 September, 2022 - 8:37pm
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Melanoplus differentialis or M. bivittatus.
Dave,
I am indebted to you you to you for the remark -
Andrew
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Andrew Kahl
, 23 September, 2022 - 11:23am
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