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Differential Grasshopper

Melanoplus differentialis

Photo by DanAm
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Field Notes

Description:

Will grow up to 1 3/4 inches
Adults are a brownish yellow color with distinct black chevrons on their hind legs.

Habitat:

Live in open fields, woods and also the edges of ponds, streams and lakes. Very common throughout the US and Mexico.

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PublishedSeptember 3, 2014

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