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Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
Photo#334115
Copyright © 2009
Kathy Bilton
Melanoplus differentialis
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Fort C. F. Smith Park, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
September 16, 2009
Size: about 90 mm
Realized this park had a nice meadow that seemed would be a good place to go looking for critters.
Fort C.F. Smith Park
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Contributed by
Kathy Bilton
on 17 September, 2009 - 9:24pm
Last updated 25 September, 2009 - 1:17am
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Kathy Bilton
, 18 September, 2009 - 3:35pm
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Nice
This is one of the "yellow" forms of this species, and a female. You can go ahead and tag your image and move it to the species page.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 18 September, 2009 - 1:00pm
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Learning better to use the site
Thanks for your comment. I had wanted to post it directly to the species page, but when I was trying to find the species page, i initially wasn't able to get to a page that had that second row of words (i.e. below Home Guide etc.) where I could add an image. Anyway - I now seem to know how to do it and learned how to tag and move the image. I also meant to mention it was the yellow phase, but had not known it was a female.
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Kathy Bilton
, 18 September, 2009 - 8:16pm
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