Melanoplus differentialis (Thomas)
Differential grasshopper
Adults
- Without post-ocular stripe.
- Sulci of pronotum marked with black.
- Hind femur yellow with herring-bone
pattern in black.
- Male cercus 'boot' shaped.
- Furculae virtually absent.
- Female ovipositor without dorsal
tooth.
Nymphs
- General coloration heavily mottled
with blackish.
- Post-ocular band extends from eye to
end of metazona.
- Outer face of hind femur with a black
streak.
- Streak notched with light
brown along upper border.
- Hind femur with black spots below
lower carnula.
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