Pictured Spur-throat Grasshopper

Melanoplus pictus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae

Melanoplus pictus, the pictured spur-throat grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America. It is known to feed on Flourensia cernua leaves, among other plants.

Distribution

Pictured Spur-throat Grasshopper — (c) Wendy McCrady, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 7

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Wendy McCrady, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionMelanoplus pictus, Wikipedia contributors

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