Grasshoppers Feeding
on Tall Dropseed
(Sporobolus compositus)




Insect Names (Scientific & Common)


Arphia simplex
(Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper)

* Eritettix simplex
(Velvet-striped Grasshopper)

Hippiscus ocelote
(Wrinkled Grasshopper)

Mermiria bivittata
(Two-striped Mermiria Grasshopper)

Mermiria picta neomexicana
(Lively Mermiria Grasshopper)

* Orphulella speciosa
(Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)

Pardalophora haldemani
(Haldeman's Grasshopper)

Phoetaliotes nebrascensis
(Large-headed Grasshopper)

Pseudopomala brachyptera
(Short-winged Toothpick Grasshopper)

* Syrbula admirabilis
(Handsome Grasshopper)



* preferred food plant

Note: These grasshoppers (Acrididae) are polyphagous.

Sources: Campbell et al. (1974),
Brust et al. (2008)

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