Green-legged Spur-throat Grasshopper (Melanoplus viridipes)

Green-legged Spur-throat Grasshopper (Melanoplus viridipes) © Bernie Paquette (iNaturalist)

The Green-legged Spur-throat Grasshopper is found in eastern Minnesota through Wisconsin, Michigan, and southern Ontario to Vermont and western Massachusetts, and south to northern Georgia and Arkansas, west to eastern Nebraska (BugGuide).  Within these areas it is usually found in low flat open woods and clearings.

Conservation Status

Vermont:
Global: G4

Phenology

Adults mature early in the season and die out mid summer, so generally seen May to mid-August

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Vermont Distribution

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