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Common Name:
Red-legged Grasshopper

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder:
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Tribe: Melanoplini
Species:
Melanoplus femurrubrum

Hodges No:

Location:
Monhegan Island
Monhegan, ME
USA
GPS: 43.763051,-69.320026

Date: 8/24/11

Stage: Adult
Sex: Female
Notes:

Image at BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/39997

Melanoplus femurrubrum Acrididae
Red-legged Grasshopper
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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