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North American Spur-throated Grasshoppers
Melanoplus
Melanoplus is a large genus of grasshoppers. They are the typical large grasshoppers (and in some cases migratory "locusts") in North America. A common name is spur-throat grasshoppers (also "spurthroat" or "spur-throated grasshoppers"), but this more typically refers to members of the related subfamily Catantopinae.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Differential Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus differentialis
Red-legged and Migratory Grasshoppers
complexMelanoplus sanguinipes
Two-striped and Yarrow’s Grasshoppers
complexMelanoplus bivittatus
Arboreal Spur-throat Grasshoppers
complexMelanoplus punctulatus
Melanoplus ponderosus
complexMelanoplus ponderosus
Melanoplus scudderi
complexMelanoplus scudderi
Green-legged Grasshoppers
complexMelanoplus viridipes
Keeler's Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus keeleri
Lakin Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus lakinus
Gray Sagebrush Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus cinereus
Melanoplus packardii
complexMelanoplus packardii
Huckleberry Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus fasciatus
High Mountain Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus frigidus
Melanoplus aridus
complexMelanoplus aridus
Two-spined Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus bispinosus
Pasture Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus confusus
Melanoplus mancus
complexMelanoplus mancus
Thomas's Two-striped Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus thomasi
Dawson's Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus dawsoni
Walsh's Locust
speciesMelanoplus walshii
Graceful Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus gracilis
Glaucus-legged Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus glaucipes
Montana Short-winged Grasshoppers
complexMelanoplus montanus
Melanoplus tribulus
complexMelanoplus tribulus
Narrow-winged Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus angustipennis
Melanoplus marginatus
complexMelanoplus marginatus
Western Sagebrush Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus complanatipes
Melanoplus dodgei
complexMelanoplus dodgei
Gladston's Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus gladstoni
Yellowish Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus flavidus
Melanoplus indigens
complexMelanoplus indigens
Oak Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus querneus
Plebeian Short-wing Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus plebejus
Sagebrush Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus bowditchi
Round-winged Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus rotundipennis
Flabellate Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus occidentalis
Melanoplus puer
complexMelanoplus puer
Tunica Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus tunicae
Melanoplus flabellatus
complexMelanoplus flabellatus
Alabama Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus alabamae
Melanoplus texanus
complexMelanoplus texanus
Pictured Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus pictus
saltator species group
complexMelanoplus saltator
Tiny Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus infantilis
Melanoplus discolor
complexMelanoplus discolor
Melanoplus tequestae
complexMelanoplus tequestae
Melanoplus rileyanus
complexMelanoplus rileyanus
Quanah Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus tuberculatus
San Francisco Short-wing Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus franciscanus
Dark-sided Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus nigrescens
Immodest Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus impudicus
Melanoplus femurnigrum
complexMelanoplus femurnigrum
Kennicott's Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus kennicottii
immunis species group
complexMelanoplus immunis
Brownsville Short-wing Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus cameronis
Melanoplus ingrami
speciesMelanoplus ingrami
Arrowweed Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus herbaceus
Decorated Short-wing Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus decorus
Alpine Spur-throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus alpinus
Arizona Spur-Throat Grasshopper
speciesMelanoplus arizonae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 63523.