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Smith's Spur-throat Grasshopper

Melanoplus mancus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 17, February 17, March 22, April 39, May 67, June 33, July 25, August 23, September 26, October 24, November 17, December 15.
United States1,186
New York324
Pennsylvania290
West Virginia149
Virginia148
Maine117
New Hampshire84
Canada48
Ontario27
New Brunswick21

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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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