Scudder's Short-winged Grasshopper

Melanoplus scudderi, or Scudder's short-wing grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Scudder's Short-winged 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 walshii
• Melanoplus rotundipennis
• Pezotettix giornae

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Acrididae

Genus

Melanoplus

Species

Melanoplus scudderi

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