Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.

now what species is it? I'm going to say probably Melanoplus sanguinipes. The markings are bit striking for that species, but it looks a lot like the male from the same place (and it's pretty much for sure as to species), and I think I can see a bit of a hump under the front of the thorax, which is also common in females of this species and very few others (it's characteristic of the males of this species). The sort of bluish-greenish-gray of the face and sides is very common in this species as well. I think part of the "large" is that abdomen that looks to be full of eggs.