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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 » Paroxya » Olive-green Swamp Grasshopper (Paroxya clavuliger)
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Melanoplus gracilis or Paroxya clavuliger? - Paroxya clavuliger - male
Copyright © 2010 Mark Moran

Melanoplus gracilis or Paroxya clavuliger? - Paroxya clavuliger - Male
Occoquan Bay NWR, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
July 23, 2010
There were other Paroxya clavuliger in the area, but the bright green femur is suggestive of Melanoplus gracilis. Do they share similar habitat?
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Contributed by Mark Moran on 23 July, 2010 - 7:03pm
Last updated 16 December, 2014 - 9:20pm

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 29 July, 2010 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

It is Paroxya
The color varies, and some are much more green than others. M. gracilis, I suspect (but I haven't studied the issue), should be moved to Paroxya, and is very very similar; however, as far as I know, it always has short wings (???).
… David J. Ferguson, 27 July, 2010 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

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