Melanoplus keeleri (Thomas)
Keeler grasshopper
Adults
- Hind femur with black band having
two yellow notches on dorsal half.
- Hind tibia red.
- Male cercus 'mitten shaped.'
- Male furculae minute.
- Female cercus short, blunt, and
upturned.
- Ovipositor without a dorsal tooth.
- Usually associated with sandy soils.
Nymphs
- Slate gray laterally.
- Red-brown dorsally with black post-ocular band.
- Hind femur with broad black stripe.
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