Melanoplus devastator Scudder, 1878 is a animal in the Acrididae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Melanoplus devastator Scudder, 1878

Melanoplus devastator Scudder, 1878

Melanoplus devastator, the devastating grasshopper, is a North American spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.

Family
Genus
Melanoplus
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Melanoplus devastator Scudder, 1878

Melanoplus devastator Scudder, 1878, commonly known as the devastating grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper that belongs to the family Acrididae. This species is distributed in North America.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Melanoplus

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