Grasshoppers Feeding
on Annual Brome Grasses
(Bromus spp.)

Grasshopper Species  
Scientific Name Common Name
Ageneotettix deorum White-Whiskered Grasshopper
Arphia simplex Plains Yellow-Winged Grasshopper
Eritettix simplex Velvet-Striped Grasshopper
Hippiscus ocelote Wrinkled Grasshopper
Melanoplus bivittatus Two-Striped Grasshopper
Melanoplus confusus Little Pasture Grasshopper
Melanoplus femurrubrum Red-Legged Grasshopper
Melanoplus keeleri luridus Keeler's Spur-Throated Grasshopper
Melanoplus packardii Packard's Grasshopper
Melanoplus sanguinipes Migratory Grasshopper
Orphulella speciosa Pasture Grasshopper
Pardalophora haldemani Haldeman's Grasshopper
Phoetaliotes nebrascensis Large-Headed Grasshopper
Syrbula admirabilis Handsome Grasshopper

For more information: Campbell et al. (1974) Grasshoppers (Acrididae) of
the Flint Hills Native Tallgrass Prairie in Kansas, Research Paper 19,
Agricultural Experiment Station, Kansas State University.

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