Grasshoppers Feeding
on Big Bluestem
(Andropogon gerardii)
Insect Names
(Scientific
& Common)
* Arphia simplex
(Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper)
** Arphia xanthoptera
(Autumn Yellow-winged Grasshopper)
Chorthippus curtipennis
(Meadow Grasshopper)
Eritettix simplex
(Velvet-striped Grasshopper)
Hadrotettix trifasciatus
(Three-banded Range Grasshopper)
** Hippiscus ocelote
(Wrinkled Grasshopper)
Melanoplus femurrubrum
(Red-legged Grasshopper)
Mermiria bivittata
(Two-striped Mermiria Grasshopper)
** Orphulella speciosa
(Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)
* Pardalophora haldemani
(Haldeman's Grasshopper)
** Phoetaliotes nebrascensis
(Large-headed Grasshopper)
** Syrbula admirabilis
(Handsome Grasshopper)
* minor use as food plant, ** preferred food plant
Note: These grasshoppers (Acrididae) are polyphagous.
Sources:
Campbell et al. (1974),
Wyoming Agricultural Exp. Station (1994),
Brust et al. (2008)
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