Migratory grasshopper

Melanoplus sanguinipes

''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. It is found in the Caribbean and North America.
A So-called Migratory Grasshopper, (Melanoplus sanguinipes) This fellow was sunning himself near the ocean where there was lots of beach grass. It may be a member of the subspecies, M. sanguinipes sanguinipes. Canada,Geotagged,Melanoplus sanguinipes,Summer

Naming

These four subspecies belong to the species ''Melanoplus sanguinipes'':
⤷  ''Melanoplus sanguinipes atlanis'' i c g
⤷  ''Melanoplus sanguinipes defectus'' Scudder, 1897 i c g
⤷  ''Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes'' i c g
⤷  ''Melanoplus sanguinipes vulturnus'' Gurney and Brooks, 1959 i g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOrthoptera
FamilyAcrididae
GenusMelanoplus
SpeciesM. sanguinipes
Photographed in
Canada