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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 » Unidentified Melanoplus Nymphs (Melanoplus Unidentified Melanoplus Nymphs)
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Grasshopper - Melanoplus - male
Copyright © 2006 gehan gehale

Grasshopper - Melanoplus - Male
Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 10, 2006
Size: 7mm
I found this mini grasshopper in my yard with a bugnet. I'm not sure if it's a nymph or a pygmy species. Ignore the sand a dumped him in a jar to photograph and didn't realize the jar was sandy at the bottom..
Images to follow, close up of rear for ID help, cool tan eyes, and a mite on it's back.

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Contributed by gehan gehale on 11 May, 2006 - 9:34am
Last updated 24 December, 2011 - 1:36pm

Moved
Moved from Melanoplus.
… David J. Ferguson, 14 August, 2008 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 August, 2008 - 1:22am login or register to post comments

Melanoplus species
A very young nymph. I can't tell the species. Did you take any shots from the side? It might help to identify it to species.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 August, 2008 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 November, 2006 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

Too young.
This nymph is too young to be able to tell its identity beyond the family Acrididae. I suppose an expert might be able to place it to subfamily....
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 May, 2006 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

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