Melanoplus femurrubrum | |
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Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec | |
Charlestown, New Hampshire | |
Scientific classification | |
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]