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.