San Francisco Short-wing Grasshopper

Melanoplus franciscanus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae

Melanoplus franciscanus, the San Francisco short-wing grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in the American Southwest, in the Guadalupe Mountains of Texas and from the San Mateo Mountains of New Mexico to the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona. .

Distribution

San Francisco Short-wing Grasshopper — (c) Lon Brehmer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 25

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Lon Brehmer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionMelanoplus franciscanus, Wikipedia contributors

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