Willamette-short-wing-grasshopper

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• Melanoplus saltator

  Willamette short-wing grasshopper, leaping spur-throat grasshopper

  Melanoplus saltator is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae, described by Scudder in 1897. It belongs to the Melanoplus saltator species group, a complex of related species. The species is known from North America, with documented records from Oregon. Common names include the Willamette short-wing grasshopper and leaping spur-throat grasshopper.

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