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Differential Grasshopper

Melanoplus differentialis

Photo by ShannonFox
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Found this grasshopper on a giant Datura leaf.

Habitat:

This grasshopper was found on the leaf of a Datura plant, on the edge of a corn field next to the Ma and Pa nature trail.

Notes:

This grasshopper was found on the Ma and Pa Trail near Bel Air, MD. The Ma and Pa Trail is a 6.25-mile (10.1 km) multi-purpose rail trail that follows the path of the old Ma and Pa Railroad through Harford County, Maryland.

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Please put the name of the park where you spotted this in the "Notes" section. Thank you.

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