Grasshoppers Feeding
on Downy Brome
(Bromus tectorum)
Insect Names
(Scientific
& Common)
Arphia conspersa
(Speckled-winged Grasshopper)
Arphia pseudonietana
(Red-winged Grasshopper)
Camnula pellucida
(Clear-winged Grasshopper)
Dissosteira carolina
(Carolina Grasshopper)
Eritettix simplex
(Velvet-striped Grasshopper)
Melanoplus borealis borealis
(Northern Grasshopper)
Melanoplus confusus
(Little Pasture Grasshopper)
Melanoplus foedus
(Striped Sand Grasshopper)
Melanoplus sanguinipes
(Migratory Grasshopper)
Mermiria bivittata
(Mermiria Two-striped Grasshopper)
Phoetaliotes nebrascensis
(Large-headed Grasshopper)
Note: These grasshoppers (Acrididae) are polyphagous.
Sources: Brust et al. (2008),
Wyoming Agricultural Exp. Station (1994)
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