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Taxonomy

*Melanoplus pictus*
Melanoplus pictus
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Melanoplinae
Tribe:	Melanoplini
Genus:	Melanoplus
Scientific name
	Melanoplus pictus Scudder, 1897
Geography
Native countries:
	United States;

Identification

Life cycle parameters
Phase	Stage	Color	Body length
Gregarious	nymph
Gregarious	immature adult
Gregarious	mature adult
Solitarious	nymph
Solitarious	adult

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	URL
UofA School & Home Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Newsletter Newsletter Grasshoppers	University of Arizona,Dawn H. Gouge, Tom J. Getts, Tim W. Stock, John F. Connett and Micah Gay	2023	View URL
A Manual of the Grasshoppers of New Mexico	New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service,D.B. Richman, D.C. Lightfoot, C.A. Sutherland and DJ. Ferguson	1993	View URL
The grasshoppers and other orthoptera of Arizona	University of Arizona,E. Ball, E. R. Tinkham, Robert Flock and C. T. Vorhies	1942	View URL

Distribution

Biology

Life cycle parameters
Phase	Developmental time
Eggs
Hopper
Adult
Laying-fledging
Adult maturation
Total

Habitat and ecology

Land-use change

Pest status

Recent outbreaks

Outbreak media coverage

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	URL
UofA School & Home Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Newsletter Newsletter Grasshoppers	University of Arizona,Dawn H. Gouge, Tom J. Getts, Tim W. Stock, John F. Connett and Micah Gay	2023	View URL
A Manual of the Grasshoppers of New Mexico	New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service,D.B. Richman, D.C. Lightfoot, C.A. Sutherland and DJ. Ferguson	1993	View URL
The grasshoppers and other orthoptera of Arizona	University of Arizona,E. Ball, E. R. Tinkham, Robert Flock and C. T. Vorhies	1942	View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

Natural history collections are built by people. The specimens that document this species were collected in the field, preserved in collections, and identified by generations of researchers and naturalists. Bionomia helps make these often-overlooked contributions visible by linking specimen records to the people behind them.

The contributors shown here are drawn from specimen records made available through GBIF and attributed to individuals by Bionomia.

Identified by

These people examined specimens and determined their taxonomic identity—an essential step in turning a collected specimen into a useful biodiversity record.

Tyler Grant — 17 specimens identified

References