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Common Name:
Pine Tree Spurthroat Grasshopper

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Superclass: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder:
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Tribe:
Species:
Melanoplus punctulatus

Hodges No:

Location:
Pymatuning Reservoir
Crawford County, PA
USA

Date: 7/21/08

Notes: 5th instar female

Melanoplus punctulatus Acrididae
Pine Tree Spurthroat Grasshopper
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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