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Migratory Grasshopper

Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Acrididae

Melanoplus sanguinipes, known generally as migratory grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Other common names include the lesser migratory grasshopper and red-legged grasshopper (which is also the common name of a separate species). It is found in the Caribbean and North America.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 32