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Tunica Spur-throat Grasshopper

Melanoplus tunicae

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mississippi.January 6, February 6, March 6, April 11, May 6, June 4, July 3, August 4, September 5, October 5, November 4, December 4.
United States155
Mississippi64
Louisiana61
Tennessee15
Alabama5
Arkansas4
Missouri2
Ohio2
Michigan2

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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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