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Walsh's Locust

Melanoplus walshii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Tennessee.January 23, February 27, March 31, April 52, May 54, June 30, July 25, August 24, September 32, October 27, November 21, December 22.
United States1,941
Tennessee368
North Carolina336
Virginia232
West Virginia180
Canada163
Ontario161
Illinois155
Kentucky117
South Carolina84

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

Sources

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