Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Key to the Melanoplus Species

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G Subgenital plate black or distinctly margined with black; cerci less narrowed at tip; wings approximately length of abdomen; hind tibiae red to yellow-brown; found at high altitudes.
 

Melanoplus borealis (Fieber)
See M. borealis fact sheet from Dr. Pfadt's Field Guide to Common Western Grasshoppers

Cerci	Top view of head, pronotum and tegmina	Subgenital plate

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G' Subgenital plate not black or distinctly margined; cerci more tapered at tip; wings usually extend well beyond tip of abdomen; hind tibiae usually red, sometimes yellow; widespread and common, often abundant in disturbed and urban areas.

 

Melanoplus femurrubrum (DeGeer)

Side views of abdomen tip of male	Top view of subgenital plate

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