Melanoplus: Short-winged Grasshopper

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Many short-winged grasshopper species belong to the Short-horned Grasshopper family, Acrididae.

The top picture highlights a species probably in the Subfamily Melanoplinae (Spur-throated Grasshoppers), that looks to also belong to the Genus Melanoplus. With approximately seventy-five different species, it ranks as one of the largest, if not largest native grasshopper genera.

Species identification is unknown.

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