Island Locust

Melanoplus islandicus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae

Melanoplus islandicus, known generally as island short-wing grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Other common names include the forest locust and island locust. It is found in North America.

Distribution

Island Locust — (c) Reiner Jakubowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Reiner Jakubowski · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 48Canada · 21

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Reiner Jakubowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Reiner Jakubowski · CC-BY-SA DescriptionMelanoplus islandicus, Wikipedia contributors

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