Melanoplus bivittatus (Say)
Two-striped grasshopper
Adults
- Pale stripe extending from eye to end
of pronotum continues onto tegmen
(forewing).
- Hind femur black distally, color
gradually fading basad, not banded.
- Male cercus 'moon-boot' shaped.
- Ovipositor without dorsal tooth.
Nymphs
- Not as highly mottled as M.
differentialis.
- Outer face of hind femur with a
complete black band on upper half.
- Outer face with black dots
below lower carnula.
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