Oak-loving Locust

Melanoplus quercicola

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae

Melanoplus quercicola is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Melanoplinae ("spur-throated grasshoppers"), in the family Acrididae ("short-horned grasshoppers"). The species is known generally as the "oak-loving short-wing grasshopper" or "oak-loving locust". It is found in North America.

Distribution

Oak-loving Locust — (c) Ray Fisher, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ray Fisher · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Ray Fisher, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ray Fisher · CC-BY DescriptionMelanoplus quercicola, Wikipedia contributors

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