{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Field Station","provider_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station","author_name":"Field Station","author_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station","title":"Melanoplus Grasshopper (Family Acrididae)","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6X79XhP2s0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/melanoplus-grasshopper\/\"><em>Melanoplus<\/em> Grasshopper (Family Acrididae)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/melanoplus-grasshopper\/embed\/#?secret=6X79XhP2s0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;&lt;em&gt;Melanoplus&lt;\/em&gt; Grasshopper (Family Acrididae)&#8221; &#8212; Field Station\" data-secret=\"6X79XhP2s0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"The Melanoplus grasshopper\/locust, in the Spur-throated grasshopper subfamily, is found in fields, cities, suburbs, and open woods. These are insects of open spaces, and are an important food source for birds including kestrels, marsh and red-shouldered hawks. Skunks, snakes, and toads eat the adults; skunks, shrews, mice and moles feed on eggs in soil. Dramatic population explosions experienced by some arid-country species of Melanoplus grasshoppers when unusually high rainfall results in lots of vegetation and in extraordinary numbers of eggs hatching.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2009\/06\/meanoplus.jpg"}