Red-legged Grasshopper

 Red-legged Grasshopper

 

Common Name:  Red-legged Grasshopper

Latin Name:  Melanoplus femurrubrum
                        (D. Johnson, det.)

Length:  18 - 28 mm

Range: All of Alberta

Habitat:  Meadows, grasslands, crop borders,
                & roadsides.

Time of year seen:  Summer

Diet: Grasses and forbs

Red-legged Grasshopper

 

       

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Location: Calgary, AB                   Date: July 17, 2004

Red-legged Grasshopper