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INSECTS

Red-legged Grasshopper

Melanoplus femurrubrum

Insects
Native
Red-legged Grasshopper, photo 1 of 5
Red-legged Grasshopper, Nymph
Red-legged Grasshopper, Male
1.7–3 cmLength

Grasshopper or cricket in the family Acrididae 1.7–3 cm long. Lives in fields. Feeds on plants.

There are 260 observations of Red-legged Grasshopper in Québec, mostly in Montréal, Montérégie and Mauricie, and it has been reported in 13 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from November to June.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montréal79
  2. Montérégie46
  3. Mauricie26
  4. Estrie26
  5. Capitale-Nationale22
  6. Abitibi-Témiscamingue14
  7. Outaouais13
  8. Laurentides10
  9. Lanaudière9
  10. Centre-du-Québec9
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  12. Laval2
  13. Bas-Saint-Laurent1

Habitat

FieldsHubert Figuière

Similar species

Two-striped GrasshopperMelanoplus bivittatus
Migratory GrasshopperMelanoplus sanguinipes
Keeler's Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus keeleri
Northern Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus borealis
Pine tree Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus punctulatus
Marsh meadow grasshopperPseudochorthippus curtipennis
Dawson's Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus dawsoni
Clear-winged GrasshopperCamnula pellucida
Pasture Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus confusus
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Green-striped GrasshopperChortophaga viridifasciata
Huckleberry Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus fasciatus