Fork-tailed Locust

Melanoplus furcatus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae

Melanoplus furcatus, known generally as the larger fork-tail grasshopper or fork-tailed locust, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.

Distribution

Fork-tailed Locust — (c) Ashwin Srinivasan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Ashwin Srinivasan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionMelanoplus furcatus, Wikipedia contributors

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