Grasshoppers Feeding
on Buffalo Grass
(Buchloe dactyloides)
Insect Names
(Scientific
& Common)
Ageneotettix deorum
(White-whiskered Grasshopper)
Arphia pseudonietana
(Red-winged Grasshopper)
* Arphia simplex
(Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper)
Dissosteira carolina
(Carolina Grasshopper)
Dissosteira longipennis
(High Plains Grasshopper)
Eritettix simplex
(Velvet-striped Grasshopper)
Hippiscus ocelote
(Wrinkled Grasshopper)
** Hypochlora alba
(Cudweed Grasshopper)
Orphulella speciosa
(Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)
** Phoetaliotes nebrascensis
(Large-headed Grasshopper)
Spharagemon collare
(Mottled Sand Grasshopper)
Syrbula admirabilis
(Handsome Grasshopper)
* preferred food plant, ** minor food plant
Note: These grasshoppers (Acrididae) are polyphagous.
Sources:
Campbell et al. (1974),
Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. (1994),
Brust et al. (2008)
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