Melanoplus confusus, known generally as pasture grasshopper, is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the subfamily Melanoplinae. Other common names include the pasture spur-throat grasshopper and little pasture locust. It is found in North America.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pasture Spur-throat 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 angustipennis
- Melanoplus bispinosus
- Melanoplus sanguinipes
- Melanoplus keeleri
- Melanoplus fasciatus
- Melanoplus lakinus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Acrididae
- Genus
- Melanoplus
- Species
- Melanoplus confusus
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