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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 » Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
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grasshopper - a differential perhaps? - Melanoplus differentialis - female
Copyright © 2010 Melody Lytle

grasshopper - a differential perhaps? - Melanoplus differentialis - Female
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
October 17, 2010
http://karenmelody.com/Invert/orthop35.htm has another shot of this grasshopper. Thanks, ML
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Contributed by Melody Lytle on 9 November, 2010 - 6:05pm
Last updated 3 December, 2010 - 10:21am

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… David J. Ferguson, 3 December, 2010 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 15 November, 2010 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

She's a girl
.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 November, 2010 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks David
Thanks muchissimas -- Have a look at my grasshopper pages beginning at http://karenmelody.com/Invert/orthop01.htm for a few more orthopterans, followed by a nice series of a preying mantis chowing down on a leaf bug nymph -- ML
… Melody Lytle, 10 November, 2010 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
Absolutely - sorry I can't tell whether it's a male or female with the wings covering the back end
… Kelly Fiegle, 10 November, 2010 - 5:09am login or register to post comments

 
thanks for the ID
I appreciate your help. There are a number of other orthoptera beginning at http://karenmelody.com/Invert/orthop01.htm for all you grasshopper lovers -- ML
… Melody Lytle, 10 November, 2010 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

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