Thursday, March 20, 2014

A Margined Spur-throated Grasshopper





Margined Spur-throated Grasshopper - Melanoplus marginatus
NATIVE - status
size: small
body length - 14.5-22mm
body color - brown to pale green, pale yellowish underneath
leg color - hind tibia brownish to olive green
markings - dark blotches on sides of abdomen becoming smaller toward tail
food plant - Cordylanthus sp.
#broods - late spring
habitat annual grassland, crops, gardens, weedy places
range - California












(source:google/http://kern.audubon.org)

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