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Date Taken:Jul 12, 2009, 11:20:54 AM

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Grasshopper 50D0003931by ~Cristian-M

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Invertebrates

Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)

The Differential Grasshopper is a species of grasshopper belonging to the genus Melanoplus found throughout northern Mexico, central United States and southern Ontario, Canada. It is considered a pest in most of its range.

Adult males grow to 28-37 mm and females grow to 34-50 mm. They are brownish or greenish and as they age the color will darken. There are black grooves on the pronotum. The male has bootlike appendages at the end of its abdominal tip. There are inverted chevrons along the hind femur and the hind part the tibia is yellowish with black spikes. All of the adults tarsi are yellow along with its antennae, which in some cases are reddish yellow.

Found throughout most of the United States except for the east coast and northwest. Within its range the M. differentialis is most often found in heavily weeded areas and grasslands, they can even be spotted in vacant lots and other urban areas. This species is not migratory but can travel within a few miles to search for food.

An adult female will lay up to 8 egg masses in soft soil, each of these masses can contain up to 11 eggs. Once these eggs are laid about 54% of them will hatch in about 2 weeks. There is only one generation a year which occurs in early summer. Once they hatch the nymphs take around 32 days to become complete adults. Adults are most active during the summer while the larvae are active in the spring. It is polyphagous, eating both grasses and forbs but experiments have shown that they grow faster if feed forbs. The most favored food plants tend to be Giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida), Common sunflower (Helianthus annuus), Prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola). Adults can pick up on a chemical change in wilted lettuce and sunflowers and will tend to avoid these plants.

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*SalemCat Mar 17, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

Your wonderful work has been featured here..[link]

*erbphotography Feb 26, 2010

Your photo was just so beautiful, I had to feature it in my latest journal [link]!

~Michelle

~Cristian-M Mar 1, 2010

Thanks for the feature, Michelle!
I mentioned your journal in the image's description.

*erbphotography Mar 1, 2010

The pleasure is mine

~thehurricanes Feb 16, 2010

Aww, so cute! Amazing details!

~lamyaOni Jan 23, 2010

*¬* ttly my fav! i almost can see his brain or insides throu this picture O.O XD!!!!! <<or so i think lol
plz keep going

*Firey-Sunset Jan 22, 2010

Good one Cristian..

!DQ71 Jan 20, 2010

Fantastic shot!!

~Jogi1960 Jan 20, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

Great shot, never seen an grasshopper with litle wings.

!Annaphotix Jan 20, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

Absolutely beautiful!

I'm sure I must have invited you to join :dev Tiny-Worlds-Photo:, but see you aren't a member. Did you - or would you consider it? This kind of shot would be so welcome there

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