Grasshoppers Feeding
on Yarrow
(Achillea millefolium)




Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)

Campylacantha olivacea
(Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper)

Hesperotettix speciosus
(Western Grass-green Grasshopper)

Hesperotettix viridis
(Snakeweed Grasshopper)

Hippiscus ocelote
(Wrinkled Grasshopper)

Hypochlora alba *
(Cudweed Grasshopper)

Melanoplus bivittatus
(Two-striped Grasshopper)

Melanoplus borealis borealis *
(Northern Grasshopper)

Melanoplus bruneri
(Bruner's Grasshopper)

Melanoplus confusus **
(Little Pasture Grasshopper)

Melanoplus dawsoni
(Dawson's Grasshopper)

Melanoplus femurrubrum **
(Red-legged Grasshopper)

Melanoplus keeleri luridus
(Keeler's Grasshopper)

Melanoplus sanguinipes
(Migratory Grasshopper)

Melanoplus scudderi latus
(Scudder's Short-winged Grasshopper)



* minor host plant, ** preferred host plant

Sources: Campbell et al. (1974),
Wyoming Agr. Research Station (1994),
Vickery & Kevan (1985)

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