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Red-legged grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum)
| Subject: | Red-legged grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum)
| | Poster: | Axis (ground_assault_11@yahoo.com)
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Date: 2021:04:17 05:54:47
Upload Date: 2021:04:17 19:29:15
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The red-legged grasshopper is variable in colour and can include shades of red-brown, yellow, dark brown, green and olive green. The hind legs are bright red or yellowish and have a black herringbone pattern. This and other short-horned grasshoppers are part of a larger group called spur-throated grasshoppers: there is a little pointy "spur" between the bases of the forelegs.
When startled, these grasshoppers can fly for distances of 40 feet. Their flight is fast and even; they fly about a yard above the vegetation. |
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