Grasshoppers Feeding
on Scribner's Panic Grass
(Dichanthelium scribnerianum)

Insect Names (Scientific & Common)

Agneotettix deorum
(White-whiskered Grasshopper)

Arphia simplex
(Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper)

Arphia sulfurea
(Sulfur-winged Grasshopper)

Dissosteira carolina
(Carolina Grasshopper)

* Hesperotettix speciosus
(Western Grass-green Grasshopper)

Melanoplus angustipennis
(Narrow-winged Sand Grasshopper)

* Melanoplus keeleri luridus
(Keeler's Grasshopper)

Orphulella speciosa
(Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)

Phoetaliotes nebrascensis
(Large-headed Grasshopper)

Syrbula admirabilis
(Handsome Grasshopper)

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* minor use as a food plant

Note: These grasshoppers (Acrididae) are polyphagous.

Sources: Campbell et al. (1974),
Gangwere (1965), Joern (1985)

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