Melanoplus flavidus

It's a short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae, placed in the genus Melanoplus, a large group of North American grasshoppers. That genus includes many of the continent's most familiar species.

It was described by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1897. Scudder was a prominent American entomologist known for his work on butterflies and fossil insects.

It's a North American species, part of the continent's rich short-horned grasshopper fauna. Detailed modern range and habitat documentation for this particular species is limited.

It's not widely documented as a major outbreak pest. However, close relatives in the same genus, such as the migratory grasshopper (Melanoplus sanguinipes) and the differential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis), are serious agricultural pests.