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Dark green and white grasshopper - Melanoplus packardii - female
Copyright © 2013 Bob Webster

Dark green and white grasshopper - Melanoplus packardii - Female
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Alamosa County, Colorado, USA
September 3, 2013
It looks similar to Melanoplus alpinus, but a little green.
Contributed by Bob Webster on 5 September, 2013 - 12:54am
Last updated 5 September, 2013 - 9:48pm

Melanoplus packardii
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 5 September, 2013 - 9:48pm

 
Thank you!
Thank you! One day I will learn to recognize this grasshopper.
… Bob Webster, 5 September, 2013 - 9:54pm

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