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Devastating Grasshopper

Melanoplus devastator

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 200, February 173, March 180, April 223, May 217, June 159, July 137, August 139, September 176, October 180, November 232, December 179.
United States2,715
California2,194
Nevada255
Oregon217
Washington40
Canada7
British Columbia7
Utah2
Idaho2
Alabama1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyShort-horned Grasshoppers · Acrididae
GenusNorth American Spur-throated Grasshoppers · Melanoplus

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