Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Key to the Melanoplus Species

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E Cerci at base twice as wide as at expansion beyond middle; tegmina approximately length of pronotum; abdomen bright yellow beneath; top of abdomen with transverse light stripes; hind tibiae red; foothills and front range.

Cercus
Melanoplus dawsonii (Scudder)
See M. dawsonii fact sheet from Dr. Pfadt's Field Guide to Common Western Grasshoppers

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E' Cerci at base about as wide as expansion beyond middle; tegmina approximately twice length of pronotum; abdomen not distinctly striped; hind tibiae red; foothills to timberline.

Cercus
Melanoplus fasciatus (F. Walker)

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