alice_abela's Identifications

I’ve heard the hind end is the most important feature to look at to identify the male Arroweed Glasshopper. Link to Arroweed host plant observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193152921
Link to Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192611742

Arrowweed Grasshopper (Melanoplus herbaceus) is in the Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) family.

BugGuide: https://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Melanoplus%20herbaceus

Per alice_abela. Adult Arrowweed Grasshopper: "once you see developed wings or wing pads with netted veins in short-wings species, it's mature. FYI butt shots of males really help with spur-throat ID if you can get them :-)"

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Coachella Valley Preserve: For thousands of years, particles of sand from the San Bernardino Mountains and Indio Hills washed into the Coachella Valley forming a system of sand dunes. Today, these dunes are part of the Coachella Valley Preserve System, a 20,000-acre sanctuary.
The Coachella Valley Preserve also contains several palm oases that sit on top of San Andreas Fault lines. Underground water rises to the surface through these cracks. California Fan Palms (Washingtonia filifera) grow along the cracks where the water seeps up creating a desert oases. Many plant species thrive in the alkaline soil.
Coachella Valley sits at the convergence of four vast ecological systems - the Colorado (or Sonoran) Desert, the Mojave Desert, and the coastal and peninsular mountain ranges.
https://www.blm.gov/visit/coachella-valley-preserve