Melanoplus sanguinipes

Melanoplus sanguinipes, known generally as migratory grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Other common names include the lesser migratory grasshopper and red-legged grasshopper (which is also the common name of a separate species).^[1][2][3][4] It is found in the Caribbean and North America.^[1][5]

Melanoplus sanguinipes
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Genus:	Melanoplus
Species:	M. sanguinipes
Binomial name
Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798)

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Melanoplus sanguinipes:

• Melanoplus sanguinipes atlanis (Riley, 1875) ^{i c g}
• Melanoplus sanguinipes defectus Scudder, 1897 ^{i c g}
• Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798) ^{i c g}
• Melanoplus sanguinipes vulturnus Gurney and Brooks, 1959 ^{i g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[1] c = Catalogue of Life,^[2] g = GBIF,^[3] b = Bugguide.net^[4]