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Tan and black grasshopper - Melanoplus packardii - female
Copyright © 2013 Bob Webster

Tan and black grasshopper - Melanoplus packardii - Female
Major County, Oklahoma, USA
July 18, 2013
This might be a lighter individual of the same type:
Contributed by Bob Webster on 25 August, 2013 - 4:58pm
Last updated 26 August, 2013 - 4:43am

yes, they are both female Melanoplus packardii
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 26 August, 2013 - 4:43am

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