Grasshoppers Feeding
on Blue Grama
(Bouteloua gracilis)

* Ageneotettix deorum
(White-whiskered Grasshopper)

Amphitornus coloradus
(Striped Grasshopper)

Arphia conspersa
(Speckle-winged Grasshopper)

Arphia pseudonietana
(Red-winged Grasshopper)

* Arphia simplex
(Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper)

Dissosteira longipennis
(High Plains Grasshopper)

Encoptolophus sordidus
(Clouded Grasshopper)

* Eritettix simplex
(Velvet-striped Grasshopper)

Hadrotettix trifasciatus
(Three-banded Range Grasshopper)

* Hippiscus ocelote
(Wrinkled Grasshopper)

** Hypochlora alba
(Cudweed Grasshopper)

Melanoplus angustipennis
(Narrow-winged Sand Grasshopper)

** Melanoplus bivittatus
(Two-striped Grasshopper)

** Melanoplus confusus
(Little Pasture Grasshopper)

** Melanoplus femurrubrum
(Red-legged Grasshopper)

Melanoplus foedus
(Striped Sand Grasshopper)

Melanoplus gladstoni
(Gladston's Grasshopper)

** Melanoplus keeleri luridus
(Keeler's Grasshopper)

** Melanoplus packardii
(Packard's Grasshopper)

* Melanoplus sanguinipes
(Migratory Grasshopper)

Mermiria bivittata
(Two-striped Mermiria Grasshopper)

* Orphulella speciosa
(Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)

** Pardalophora haldemani
(Haldeman's Grasshopper)

** Phoetaliotes nebrascensis
(Large-headed Grasshopper)

Spharagemon collare
(Mottled Sand Grasshopper)

* Syrbula admirabilis
(Handsome Grasshopper)

* Trachyrhachys kiowa
(Kiowa Grasshopper)

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* preferred food plant, ** minor food plant

Sources: Campbell et al. (1974),
Wyoming Agricultural Exp. Station (1994),
Brust et al. (2008), Joern (1985)

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