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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
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what happened here? - Melanoplus - male
Copyright © 2012 Ed McAskill

what happened here? - Melanoplus - Male
Point Pelee National Park, Leamington, Ontario, Canada
no problem if it gets frassed...i was just wondering if anybody could explain what might have happened...very strange to me
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Contributed by Ed McAskill on 3 September, 2012 - 11:38pm
Last updated 8 October, 2012 - 9:12am

I'll stick it under the genus for now.
I don't know if there is specifically a page for diseased insect photos, but there is an interesting discussion here on BugGuide, which links to lots of postings of diseased insects, related discussions, and to other web sites.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 October, 2012 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

almost certainly that is close to the real scenario
As for I.D. he is (was) a male specimen of something in the genus Melanoplus, likely M. femurrubrum, but I can't be certain (there isn't enough left).
… David J. Ferguson, 8 October, 2012 - 9:10am login or register to post comments

possible scenario:
killed by a fungal disease >> decomposed >> fallen apart; scavengers, like ants, may have been involved
… v belov, 4 September, 2012 - 2:17am login or register to post comments

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