Grasshopper Table (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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