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Spur-throated Grasshopper in Green.
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Spur-throated grasshopper resting on my strawflower plant - looks a little like an alien from another planet
Melanoplus ponderosus
A spur-throated grasshopper (Melanoplus ponderosus) appears here to have a harem of ladybugs, seven-spotted ladybird beetles (Coccinella septempunctata). I am guessing the flower is maybe yarrow (Achillea). It looks like it will open with yellow blooms on umbels, but I failed to note the plant species when I took this while hiking with a friend last summer in Mt Falcon Park, Jefferson County, Colorado, U.S.
Just happened to get a shot that captured anatomical details. It was not what I had expected. Kept for documentation purposes and to share with iNaturalist and Bugguide.
Male & Female Ponderous Spur-throat Grasshoppers (Melanoplus ponderosus)
Heard Wildlife Sanctuary
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
A little further down the boardwalk, we ran into this. Female on the bottom. Funny thing was, they were in the middle of a sunny spot with shadows framing them all around.
Male & Female Ponderous Spur-throat Grasshoppers (Melanoplus ponderosus)
Heard Wildlife Sanctuary
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
One of the many grasshoppers we found at the Heard. In the fall, these guys are everywhere. He jumped on the boardwalk in front of us. This was my first male of this species.
Male Ponderous Spur-throat Grasshopper (Melanoplus ponderosus)
Heard Wildlife Sanctuary
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
Just when I think I have learned all the similar looking yellow grasshopper species, I found a new one. She was at eye level munching away & totally ignoring me. A new species for me & I am very glad I am able to get help with identification of insects from experts because I cannot keep them straight. I know it has to do with the markings on the femur (the large part of the hind legs)
Female Ponderous Spur-throat Grasshopper (Melanoplus ponderosus)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
A find in the garden while doing chores.
"Melanoplus ponderosus"
Photographed at the Lexington Wildlife Management Area, Oklahoma, on 12 May 2012.
Photographs and text © Bryan Reynolds
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Photographed at the Lexington Wildlife Management Area, Oklahoma, on 15 October 2005.
Photographs and text © Bryan Reynolds
All rights reserved. Contact: [email protected]
Spur-throated Grasshopper - Melanoplus ponderosus
The Spur-throated Grasshopper, Melanoplus ponderosus, (part of the Short-horned Grasshopper family) are the most common species of grasshopper in all of North America. Noted mostly for the damage that inflict to crops in the Midwest states, the Spur-throated Grasshopper appears as a yellow, orange or green insect with additional coloring of brown or red. The body may be spectacularly colored in some cases, with bands, spots or blotches throughout and antennas are generally short. Size for the Spur-throated Grasshopper ranges from 25mm to about 34mm.
The female of the species will tend to lay her eggs (sometimes numbering as much as twenty eggs) straight into the soil which will sit over the winter months, producing only one generation per year. These hatchlings will then mature early in the summer (throughout the Southern states) and feed through to December only to have the process be repeated once with new generations the following year.
Sput-Throated Grasshoppers will generally be found in fields and open meadows, traveling from place to place. Their reach may be past the mentioned states, as they have been known to reach as far north as southern Canada and throughout the United States. --http://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Spur-Throated-Grasshopper