Melanoplus gladstoni Scudder
Gladston grasshopper
Adults
- Antennae orange.
- Post-ocular band interrupted by pale
spots.
- Hind femur with lower carina
flattened on basal third.
- Outer face of hind femur with cross
band on upper half.
- Inner face and ventral survace of hind
femur yellow.
- Hind tibia carmine red to orange-red.
- Male cercus thumb-shaped.
- Furculae very short.
- Subanal plate evenly rounded.
- Ovipositor with a weak dorsal tooth.
- Female cercus triangular with convex
sides.
Nymphs
- Face brown in frontal view.
- Black post-ocular stripe reaches metazona.
- White lateral crescent stops at metazona, fades to gray on gena.
- Hind femur with cross bands.
- Later instars show characteristic male
hind femur shape.
- Later instars show characteristic male
cercus shape.
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