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Species Melanoplus pictus - Pictured Spur-throat Grasshopper

Pictured Spur-throat Grasshopper - Melanoplus pictus - female

Grasshopper - Melanoplus pictus - female

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)

Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)

Subfamily Melanoplinae (Spur-throated Grasshoppers)

Tribe Melanoplini

Genus Melanoplus

Species pictus (Pictured Spur-throat Grasshopper)

Identification

Tip of male abdomen

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 29 July, 2008 - 9:10am
Additional contributions by Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 31 October, 2022 - 9:45am

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