Rocky Mountain locust (Melanoplus spretus)

Melanoplus spretus
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Melanoplinae
Tribe:	Melanoplini
Genus:	Melanoplus
Scientific name
Melanoplus spretus (Walsh, 1866)
Geography
Native countries:
United States Canada
Pest status
Known pest

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Rocky Mountain locust ovipositing. a,a, females with abdomen inserted in the soil; b, an egg-pod broken open and lying on the surface; c, a few scattered eggs; d, section of soil removed to show eggs being put in place; e, an egg-pod completed; f, an egg-pod sealed over. From: John B. Smith Economic Entomology (Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Co, 1896).

Overview

Alexandra M Wagner, “Grasshoppered: America’s Response to the 1874 Rocky Mountain Locust Invasion,” Nebraska History 89 (2008): 154-167

Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

Specimen contributors for this species

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

Collected by

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• Selim Peabody — 7 specimens collected