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Unidentified Melanoplus Nymphs (Melanoplus Unidentified Melanoplus Nymphs)
Photo#404788
Copyright © 2010
T. Gilliam
Grasshopper Nymph -
Melanoplus
Gates, Gates County, North Carolina, USA
May 2, 2010
Size: 7mm
Found resting on sunflower (
Helianthus annuus
) leaf. Very tiny. Any takers?
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Contributed by
T. Gilliam
on 3 June, 2010 - 2:36pm
Last updated 3 June, 2010 - 7:04pm
Well, we can certainly get it to genus,
but species may be a bit more difficult. Eventually I hope we can learn enough to sort all of these nymphs out. This one is very young, perhaps just recently hatched.
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David J. Ferguson
, 3 June, 2010 - 7:04pm
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