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Grasshopper
Melanoplus differentialis
40.0079, -104.817
Field Notes
Description:
Size: Females: 1 to 1.5 inches long; Males: Up to 2 inches long.
Lifespan: Once adults, grasshoppers can live 2-3 months, depending on the weather and other circumstances. Many grasshoppers are killed off by pesticides used by farmers to protect their crops.
Habitat:
Region: Mexico, United States and Canada.
Diet: Plants, including weeds, clovers, grasses, crops and fruit.
Reproduction: Late summer to early fall. Egg masses are about 1 inch long, with about 25 eggs per sack. Females may lay up to 8 sacks of eggs.
Eggs hatched following spring, and the babies are known as 'nymphs'. Nymphs do not look like adult grasshoppers, and it will shed its skin 6 times in 2 months in order to grow into its adult body.
Places most likely to see them: Gardens, open fields, farms, and by bodies of water such as lakes and rivers during July through October.
Notes:
Found it walking upside down on some weeds, in what used to be a garden. (Colorado)
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