Grasshopper Table (Schizachyrium scoparium)

Insect Names (Scientific & Common)

Ageneotettix deorum
(White-whiskered Grasshopper)

Arphia conspersa
(Speckle-winged Grasshopper)

Chorthippus curtipennis
(Meadow Grasshopper)

Chortophaga viridifasciata
(Green-striped Grasshopper)

Dissosteira carolina
(Carolina Grasshopper)

* Eritettix simplex
(Velvet-striped Grasshopper)

* Hippiscus ocelote
(Wrinkled Grasshopper)

** Melanoplus angustipennis
(Narrow-winged Sand Grasshopper)

Melanoplus confusus
(Little Pasture Grasshopper)

Melanoplus femurrubrum
(Red-legged Grasshopper)

** Melanoplus foedus
(Striped Sand Grasshopper)

** Melanoplus gladstoni
(Gladston's Grasshopper)

* Mermiria bivittata
(Two-striped Mermiria Grasshopper)

* Orphulella speciosa
(Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)

Pardalophora haldemani
(Haldeman's Grasshopper)

* Phoetaliotes nebrascensis
(Large-headed Grasshopper)

Spharagemon collare
(Mottled Sand Grasshopper)

* Syrbula admirabilis
(Handsome Grasshopper)

** Trachyrhachys kiowa
(Kiowa Grasshopper)

Trimerotropis maritima
(Seaside Grasshopper)

* preferred food plant, ** minor food plant

Note: These grasshoppers (Acrididae) are polyphagous.

Sources: Campbell et al. (1974),
Wyoming Agricultural Exp. Station (1994),
Brust et al. (2008), Joern (1985),
Vickery & Kevan (1985)

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