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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