Grasshoppers Feeding
on Big Bluestem
(Andropogon gerardii)




Insect Names (Scientific & Common)

 * Arphia simplex
(Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper)

** Arphia xanthoptera
(Autumn Yellow-winged Grasshopper)

Chorthippus curtipennis
(Meadow Grasshopper)

Eritettix simplex
(Velvet-striped Grasshopper)

Hadrotettix trifasciatus
(Three-banded Range Grasshopper)

** Hippiscus ocelote
(Wrinkled Grasshopper)

Melanoplus femurrubrum
(Red-legged Grasshopper)

Mermiria bivittata
(Two-striped Mermiria Grasshopper)

** Orphulella speciosa
(Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)

* Pardalophora haldemani
(Haldeman's Grasshopper)

** Phoetaliotes nebrascensis
(Large-headed Grasshopper)

** Syrbula admirabilis
(Handsome Grasshopper)



* minor use as food plant, ** preferred food plant

Note: These grasshoppers (Acrididae) are polyphagous.

Sources: Campbell et al. (1974),
Wyoming Agricultural Exp. Station (1994),
Brust et al. (2008)

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