Black-sided Locust

Melanoplus nigrescens

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae

Melanoplus nigrescens, known generally as dark-sided grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Other common names include the black-sided spur-throat grasshopper and black-sided locust. It is found in North America.

Distribution

Black-sided Locust — (c) Jeff Niznik, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 11

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Jeff Niznik, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionMelanoplus nigrescens, Wikipedia contributors

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