Grasshoppers Feeding
on Indian Grass
(Sorghastrum nutans)

Grasshopper Species  
Scientific Name Common Name
Arphia simplex Plains Yellow-Winged Grasshopper
Eritettix simplex* Velvet-Striped Grasshopper
Hippiscus ocelote Wrinkled Grasshopper
Melanoplus confusus* Little Pasture Grasshopper
Melanoplus femurrubrum Red-Legged Grasshopper
Mermiria bivittata Two-Striped Slantfaced Grasshopper
Mermiria picta neomexicana Lively Mermiria Grasshopper
Orphulella speciosa Slantfaced Pasture Grasshopper
Pardalophora haldemani Haldeman's Grasshopper
Phoetaliotes nebrascensis Large-Headed Grasshopper
Syrbula admirabilis* Handsome Grasshopper

*preferred food plant

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