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Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
Photo#246614
Copyright © 2008
Matthew Priebe
dead grasshoppers -
Melanoplus differentialis
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Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge, Fulton County, Illinois, USA
August 19, 2008
Size: 1 1/2 inch
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Contributed by
Matthew Priebe
on 28 December, 2008 - 11:38am
Last updated 25 October, 2009 - 6:51pm
Judging by the date, and their posture,
they probably did die from fungal infection, as referred to in this other from the same batch.
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David J. Ferguson
, 25 October, 2009 - 6:52pm
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Yes--
My comment was not meant to imply that this grasshopper isn't a fungus victim, but only to agree that the whitish structures look like smartweed flowers, not related to the fungus.
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Charley Eiseman
, 25 October, 2009 - 9:24pm
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Right.
They are flowers, and almost certainly smartweeds, genus Persicaria (aka Polygonum).
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Skip Blanchard
, 28 December, 2008 - 12:44pm
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Agreed
I hadn't looked closely at this image before, but that makes sense--from what I've seen, the fungus that attacks grasshoppers isn't externally conspicuous as the ones on flies etc. are.
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Charley Eiseman
, 29 December, 2008 - 11:52am
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This doesn't look like fungus
but rather flower parts with calyx and petals, etc.
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john and jane balaban
, 28 December, 2008 - 12:12pm
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