Orthoptera of Canada
Location:
Canada
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Order: Orthoptera
Grasshoppers (Suborder: Caelifera)
Short-horned Grasshoppers (Family: Acrididae)
Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Subfamily: Melanoplinae)
Genus:
Melanoplus
Diversity in Canada
38
Species
Found in...
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Species in
Melanoplus
Move up a level to Melanoplinae
Alpine Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus alpinus
)
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NF
Narrow-winged Sand Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus angustipennis
)
YK
NT
BC
AB
SK
NU
MB
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NF
Two-striped Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus bivittatus
)
YK
NT
BC
AB
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NU
MB
ON
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NB
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NF
Northern Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus borealis
)
YK
NT
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NU
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NF
Sagebrush Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus bowditchi
)
YK
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AB
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NU
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Bruner Spur-throated Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus bruneri
)
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Grayish Sagebrush Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus cinereus
)
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Pasture Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus confusus
)
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Dawson Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus dawnsoni
)
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Differential Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus differentialis
)
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NF
Species:
Melanoplus digitifer
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Green-legged Locust
(Species:
Melanoplus eurycerus
)
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Huckleberry Spur-throated Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus fasciatus
)
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Red-legged Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus femurrubrum
)
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Blue-legged Locust
(Species:
Melanoplus flavidus
)
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NF
Striped Sand Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus foedus
)
YK
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NU
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Nordic Mountain Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus frigidus
)
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Species:
Melanoplus gaspesiensis
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Gladston Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus gladstoni
)
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Huron Short-winged Locust
(Species:
Melanoplus huroni
)
YK
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Little Spur-throated Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus infantilis
)
YK
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Island Locust
(Species:
Melanoplus islandicus
)
YK
NT
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NU
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NF
Keeler Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus keeleri
)
YK
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NU
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NF
Kennicott Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus kennicotti
)
YK
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Magdalen Island Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus madeleineae
)
YK
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Smith’s Short-wing Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus mancus
)
YK
NT
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NU
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NF
Montana Short-wing Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus montanus
)
YK
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Flabellate Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus occidentalis
)
YK
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Oregon Short-wing Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus oregonensis
)
YK
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Packard Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus packardii
)
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Pine Tree Spur-throated Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus punctulatus
)
YK
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Nevada Sage Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus rugglesi
)
YK
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Migratory Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus sanguinipes
)
YK
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NU
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NF
Scudder’s Short-winged Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus scudderi
)
YK
NT
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NU
MB
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NF
Stone’s Locust
(Species:
Melanoplus stonei
)
YK
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Species:
Melanoplus triangularis
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Walsh’s Locust
(Species:
Melanoplus walshii
)
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Washington Short-wing Grasshopper
(Species:
Melanoplus washingtonius
)
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