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Species Melanoplus fasciatus - Huckleberry Grasshopper

Racing Stripes - Melanoplus fasciatus Grasshopper on Mont Albert, Quebec - Melanoplus fasciatus - male Melanoplus fasciatus Grasshopper - Melanoplus fasciatus Melanoplus fasciatus - female Melanoplus fasciatus - male Melanoplus fasciatus Melanoplus fasciatus - female
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 fasciatus (Huckleberry Grasshopper)
Other Common Names
Huckleberry Locust
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870)
Identification
Tip of male abdomen

Food
A specialist on Vaccinium spp
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