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Grasshopper sp. (Order Orthoptera)
Above: A Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis) on Common Cattail (Typha latifolia) in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/21/2005).
Below: Green-legged Grasshopper (Melanopus viridipes) in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/11/2006). Thanks to Jim Brighton for the ID.
Below: A grasshopper that showed impressive orange flashes in its wings during flight (Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, 6/29/2008). This one is either Orange-winged or Coral-winged Grasshopper (Genus Pardalophora).
Comments: Several of the 1,000 species of grasshoppers and crickets found in North America and of the 23,000 known species worldwide.