Melanoplus payettei: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Acrididae
- Genus
- Melanoplus
- Species
- Melanoplus payettei
- Scientific Name
- Melanoplus payettei
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Melanoplus payettei
Melanoplus payettei, or Payette's short-wing grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.
Wolves of the species Canis lupis have been known to consume these grasshoppers. One wolf was even known to have eaten 181 in a single sitting.
...Melanoplus payettei in languages:
- English
- Payette's Short-wing Grasshopper
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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