Insects and Spiders

Red-legged Grasshopper

This is a brand new species for me. I have discovered there are several different large yellow grasshoppers & it really gets confusing so I run them by the experts. Was excited to discover this was a new one for me and he posed beautifully too. You can see the red part of the hind leg (tibiae) that gives it the name.
Male Red-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum)

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