Melanoplus femurrubrum (DeGeer)
Red-legged grasshopper
Adults
- Antennae red.
- Post-ocular stripe ends abruptly at
principal sulcu.
- Stripe interrupted by pale
spots.
- Ventral surface of body often bright
yellow.
- Outer face of hind femur darkest apically, color fading basad.
- Femur without cross-bands.
- Inner face of hind femur yellow.
- Hind tibia red.
- Male subanal plate strongly arched
laterally.
- Male cercus 'boot' shaped without a
heel.
- Supra-anal plate trilobate.
- Subanal plate with high, convex,
lateral margins.
- Female cercus with dorsal and ventral
margins concave.
- Ovipositor without dorsal tooth.
Nymphs
- Black coloration is non-glossy.
- White lateral crescent extends from
mouthparts to metazona.
- Outer face of hind femur with
complete black band.
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