Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897 is a animal in the Acrididae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897

Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897

Melanoplus confusus, the pasture grasshopper, is a short-horned grasshopper found in North America.

Family
Genus
Melanoplus
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897

Melanoplus confusus, described by Scudder in 1897, is most commonly known as the pasture grasshopper. It is a species of short-horned grasshopper that belongs to the subfamily Melanoplinae. Additional common names for this species are the pasture spur-throat grasshopper and little pasture locust. This grasshopper is found in North America.

Photo: (c) Mathew L. Brust, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mathew L. Brust · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Melanoplus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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