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Red-legged Grasshopper - Melanoplus femurrubrum This grasshopper was enjoying its little hiding place :)<br />
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Habitat: Rural garden Geotagged,Melanoplus,Melanoplus femurrubrum,Red-legged Grasshopper,Summer,United States,grasshopper Click/tap to enlarge

Red-legged Grasshopper - Melanoplus femurrubrum

This grasshopper was enjoying its little hiding place :)

Habitat: Rural garden

    comments (2)

  1. Pretty! Posted 6 years ago
    1. Thanks! It really blended in! Posted 6 years ago

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"Melanoplus femurrubrum" is a species of grasshopper belonging to the genus "Melanoplus". It is one of the most common grasshoppers found in Mexico, the United States, and Canada. This grasshopper is frequently used as a model organism in scientific studies, due to their abundance throughout North America and behavioral response to changes in climate.

Similar species: Grasshoppers And Crickets
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Nov 20, 2018. Captured Aug 16, 2018 11:08 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/10.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm