Melanoplus bowditchi, the sagebrush grasshopper, is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the subfamily Melanoplinae. It is found in North America.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Sagebrush Grasshopper being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Melanoplus complanatipes
- Melanoplus angustipennis
- Melanoplus foedus
- Melanoplus packardii
- Melanoplus bispinosus
- Melanoplus cinereus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Acrididae
- Genus
- Melanoplus
- Species
- Melanoplus bowditchi
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