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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