Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Juncus effusus (Soft Rush) [Juncaceae]
(observations are from Blackman & Eastop, Harms & Grodowitz, Gangwere)
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Prociphilus corrugatans [causes cupping & curling of leaves on hawthorns, migrating during the summer to the roots of rushes & sedges; found in NE & north-central USA, including Illinois] BE2013
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)
Acrididae: Leptysma marginicollis (Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper) [found in E. USA as far north as Illinois & New Jersey] HG2009, Paroxya atlantica (Atlantic Grasshopper) [found in E. USA as far north as Illinois & New Jersey] HG2009, Paroxya clavuliger (Olive-Green Swamp Grasshopper) [found in E. USA as far north as Indiana & Massachusetts] HG2009; Tettigoniidae: Conocephalus attenuatus (Long-tailed Meadow Katydid) [feeds on seed capsules, field observations] Ggw1961