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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 » Migratory Grasshopper (Melanoplus sanguinipes)
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Grasshopper to ID or confirm - Melanoplus sanguinipes
Copyright © 2005 Kildale

Grasshopper to ID or confirm - Melanoplus sanguinipes
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
September 4, 2005
This color is definately different from the other two grasshoppers that I have photographed in the garden. I did have a juvie shorthorn ID'd by Eric and wondered if this was perhaps an adult. Any info would help, thanks.
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Contributed by Kildale on 5 September, 2005 - 9:30pm
Last updated 20 February, 2008 - 2:22pm

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 February, 2008 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

Melanoplus sanguinipes
Coloration argues for this species, also the fact that there is another photo of this species (male) from this location as well. M. femurrubrum should have more even (less spotted) tegmina and no (or only a hint of) bars across outer side of hind femur.
… David J. Ferguson, 15 February, 2008 - 5:24am login or register to post comments

Not a differential
Most likely a red-legged grasshopper. I forget the taxonomic name for that...
… Joecapricorn, 10 June, 2007 - 12:12am login or register to post comments

Differential?

-Gehan Gehale
… gehan gehale, 6 September, 2005 - 1:39am login or register to post comments

 
Same but different:-)
Pretty sure Kildale's image is of a Melanoplus other than M. differentialis, but Melanoplus can only be reliably ID'd by the male genitalia.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 September, 2005 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Grasshopper ID
Thank you both for your comments. I guess I'll leave the species open then.
… Kildale, 6 September, 2005 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

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