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Ponderous Spur-throat Grasshopper
Melanoplus ponderosus
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Differential GrasshopperMelanoplus differentialis
Pine tree Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus punctulatus
Lakin GrasshopperMelanoplus lakinus
Keeler's Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus keeleri
Glaucus-legged Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus glaucipes
Gray Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca nitens
Tunica Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus tunicae
Plebeian Short-wing GrasshopperMelanoplus plebejus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Texas | 3,159 |
|---|---|
| United States | 3,048 |
| Oklahoma | 259 |
| Arkansas | 216 |
| Missouri | 78 |
| Louisiana | 39 |
| Illinois | 33 |
| New Mexico | 16 |
| Tennessee | 14 |
| Kentucky | 13 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera |
| Family | Short-horned Grasshoppers · Acrididae |
| Genus | North American Spur-throated Grasshoppers · Melanoplus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Ponderous Spur-throat Grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.