Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870) is a animal in the Acrididae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870)

Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870)

Melanoplus fasciatus, the huckleberry grasshopper, is a spur-throated grasshopper species found in North America.

Family
Genus
Melanoplus
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870)

Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870) is a species of spur-throated grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae. Its most widespread common name is huckleberry grasshopper, and it also goes by the common names huckleberry spur-throat grasshopper and huckleberry locust. This species is found in North America.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Melanoplus

More from Acrididae

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

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