Abstract
Melanoplus tequestae Hubbell is a small, brachypterous, forb-feeding grasshopper inhabiting sand scrub and xeric oak forests of central Florida. Pair formation between silent males and females occurred when the male slowly approached the female or waited until her general activities brought her closer to him. Females raised their ventrally colored hind femora and extended their tibia to signal non-receptiveness. There was no apparent courtship before mounting, but after mounting males shook their hind femora before copulating. Mounting and copulation could last from a few hours to 1 1/2 days. Male aggressive signaling was by bursts of femur shaking.
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