| Melanoplus femurrubrum | |
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| Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec | |
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| Charlestown, New Hampshire | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Genus: | Melanoplus |
| Species: | M. femurrubrum
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanoplus femurrubrum (De Geer, 1773)
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Melanoplus femurrubrum, the red-legged grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper belonging to the genus Melanoplus. It is one of the most common grasshoppers found in Mexico, the United States, and Canada.[1][2] This grasshopper is frequently used as a model organism in scientific studies, due to their abundance throughout North America and behavioral response to changes in climate.[3][4]
- ^ Red-legged grasshopper, USDA
- ^ Capinera, John; Scott, Ralph; Walker, Thomas (2004). Field guide to grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets of the United States. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-8948-2.
- ^ Barton, Brandon T.; Beckerman, Andrew P.; Schmitz, Oswald J. (2009). "Climate warming strengthens indirect interactions in an old-field food web". Ecology. 90 (9): 2346–2351. doi:10.1890/08-2254.1. PMID 19769112.
- ^ Parsons, Sheena M. A.; Joern, Anthony (2014). "Life history traits associated with body size covary along a latitudinal gradient in a generalist grasshopper". Oecologia. 174 (2): 379–391. Bibcode:2014Oecol.174..379P. doi:10.1007/s00442-013-2785-6. PMID 24065558. S2CID 17145785.