Grasshoppers Feeding
on Side Oats Grama
(Bouteloua curtipendula)
Insect Names
(Scientific
& Common)
Arphia pseudonietana
(Red-winged Grasshopper)
Arphia xanthoptera
(Autumn Yellow-winged Grasshopper)
Eritettix simplex
(Velvet-striped Grasshopper)
Hippiscus ocelote
(Wrinkled Grasshopper)
Melanoplus bivittatus
(Two-striped Grasshopper)
Melanoplus confusus
(Little Pasture Grasshopper)
Mermiria bivittata
(Two-striped Mermiria Grasshopper)
Mermiria picta neomexicana
(Lively Mermiria Grasshopper)
Orphulella speciosa
(Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)
Pardalophora haldemani
(Haldeman's Grasshopper)
Phoetaliotes nebrascensis
(Large-headed Grasshopper)
Syrbula admirabilis
(Handsome Grasshopper)
Note: These grasshoppers (Acrididae) are polyphagous.
Sources:
Campbell et al. (1974),
Wyoming Agricultural Exp. Station (1994),
Brust et al. (2008)
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