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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 » Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus) » Melanoplus bivittatus femoratus
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Grasshopper on Milkweed - Melanoplus bivittatus - female
Copyright © 2008 John McGarry

Grasshopper on Milkweed - Melanoplus bivittatus - Female
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
September 1, 2008
Size: approx 1"
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Contributed by John McGarry on 1 September, 2008 - 6:32pm
Last updated 15 September, 2013 - 10:47am

Moved
Moved from Two-Striped Grasshopper.
… David J. Ferguson, 15 September, 2013 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus.
… David J. Ferguson, 13 September, 2009 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

Moving -
to genus page.
… Ken Schneider, 24 September, 2008 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

Melanoplus
The wings are chewed off (happens a lot to females while mating). Anyway, it looks like it is likely Melanoplus bivittatus (Two-striped Grasshopper), but big fat females of those are usually closer to 2 inches long.
… David J. Ferguson, 2 September, 2008 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Melanoplus
Thanks for the feedback. Now that I think about it, it probably was longer than an inch, maybe more like 1 1/2" or more.
… John McGarry, 2 September, 2008 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

 
missing words
You're welcome. I also meant to explain that the wings being chewed off make it a little harder to identify, but some of the words came up missing.

Great shot of how we often see them late in the season.
… David J. Ferguson, 2 September, 2008 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

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