About Melanoplus flavidus Scudder, 1878
Melanoplus flavidus was first described by Scudder in 1878. This species is a type of spur-throated grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae. Its most widely used common name is yellowish spur-throat grasshopper. Additional common names for this species are blue-legged locust and blue-legged grasshopper. This species occurs in North America.