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Migratory Grasshopper

Melanoplus sanguinipes

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 259, February 202, March 278, April 545, May 826, June 496, July 466, August 396, September 367, October 263, November 231, December 219.
United States26,086
Canada5,630
Colorado4,548
Ontario3,157
Michigan2,750
Alaska2,731
British Columbia2,192
Utah1,532
Washington1,479
Arizona831

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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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