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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Insects, Springtails, Millipedes - Mandibulata
    - Class - Insects - Insecta
      - Order - Grasshoppers - Orthoptera
        
        Family - Short-horned Grasshoppers - Acrididae
        
        Species - Sagebrush Grasshopper - Melanoplus bowditchi

Sagebrush Grasshopper - Melanoplus bowditchi

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR

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Species Range

Montana Range

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Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database

Number of Observations: 13

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References

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- Capinera, J.L., R.D. Scott, and T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Ithaca, NY. Cornell University Press.
- Hebard, M. 1928. The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 80 (1928), pp.211-306
- Hebard, M. 1932. Notes on Montana Orthoptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. V. 84. pp 251-257.
- Scott, R.D. 2010. Montana Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets A Pictorial Field Guide to the Orthoptera. MagpieMTGraphics, Billings, MT.
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Citation for data on this website:
Sagebrush Grasshopper — Melanoplus bowditchi. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on February 17, 2019, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IIORT01670