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Acrididae nymph - Melanoplus punctulatus - male
Copyright © 2014 MJ Hatfield

Acrididae nymph - Melanoplus punctulatus - Male
Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA
August 17, 2008
Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 26 January, 2014 - 1:17pm
Last updated 27 January, 2014 - 5:07pm

yes, a male nymph of Melanoplus punctulatus - nearly mature
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 27 January, 2014 - 5:07pm

 
They are correct
on the Info page. I just don't think of grasshoppers in woodlands.
This one was in an open oak woodland.
… MJ Hatfield, 27 January, 2014 - 5:52pm

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