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Spur-throated Grasshopper nymph

Melanoplus sp

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Field Notes

Description:

Yellow colored grasshopper nymph with red, mottled eyes. There is a black spot on each side above the middle leg. The thorax has a light stripe across it. Legs are banded.

Habitat:

Coast Sage Scrub during a wildlife transect survey at Blue Sky Ecological Reserve.

Notes:

Possibly Melanoplus cinereus cyanipes or M. devastator

Reference Links:

Genus Melanoplus - BugGuide.Net

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PublishedApril 28, 2014

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