Grasshoppers Feeding
on Sand Reed
(Calamovilfa longifolia)
Insect Names
(Scientific
& Common)
Ageneotettix deorum
(White-whiskered Grasshopper)
Arphia conspersa
(Speckle-winged Grasshopper)
Arphia pseudonietana
(Red-winged Grasshopper)
Arphia simplex
(Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper)
Dissosteira carolina
(Carolina Grasshopper)
* Eritettix simplex
(Velvet-striped Grasshopper)
** Hesperotettix speciosus
(Western Grass-green Grasshopper)
Hippiscus ocelote
(Wrinkled Grasshopper)
** Melanoplus angustipennis
(Narrow-winged Sand Grasshopper)
Melanoplus bivittatus
(Two-striped Grasshopper)
Melanoplus confusus
(Little Pasture Grasshopper)
Melanoplus foedus
(Striped Sand Grasshopper)
Melanoplus sanguinipes
(Migratory Grasshopper)
* Mermiria bivittata
(Two-striped Mermiria Grasshopper)
Orphulella speciosa
(Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)
** Phoetaliotes nebrascensis
(Large-headed Grasshopper)
* Spharagemon collare
(Mottled Sand Grasshopper)
Trimerotropis maritima
(Seaside Grasshopper)
* preferred host plant, ** minor host plant
Note: These grasshoppers (Acrididae) are polyphagous.
Sources:
Campbell et al. (1974), Joern (1985)
Wyoming Agricultural Exp. Station (1994)
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