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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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PA Grasshopper - Melanoplus differentialis - female
Copyright © 2011 Black Dragon

PA Grasshopper - Melanoplus differentialis - Female
Centre County County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 3, 2011
Found this Grasshopper just sitting on my front door just a while ago (they're pretty common here it seems.) Not sure what species it is, but I suspect, based on the Audubon Society book that I have, that it's either a Spur-throated Grasshopper or a Migratory Grasshopper. As always, any help would be appreciated.
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Contributed by Black Dragon on 3 September, 2011 - 1:41pm
Last updated 5 October, 2011 - 11:33pm

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 5 October, 2011 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 25 September, 2011 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
a kind of Spur-throated Grasshopper
… Alex Harman, 3 September, 2011 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
That's what I thought it was. Thanks! :)
… Black Dragon, 3 September, 2011 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

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