Grasshoppers Feeding
on Annual Brome Grasses
(Bromus spp.)

Insect Names (Scientific & Common)

Agneotettix deorum
(White-whiskered Grasshopper)

Arphia conspersa
(Speckled-winged Grasshopper)

Arphia pseudonietana
(Red-winged Grasshopper)

Arphia simplex
(Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper)

Camnula pellucida
(Clear-winged Grasshopper)

Dissosteira carolina
(Carolina Grasshopper)

Chortophaga viridifasciata
(Northern Green-striped Grasshopper)

Eritettix simplex
(Velvet-striped Grasshopper)

Hippiscus ocelote
(Wrinkled Grasshopper)

Melanoplus bivittatus
(Two-striped Grasshopper)

Melanoplus borealis
(Northern Grasshopper)

Melanoplus confusus
(Little Pasture Grasshopper)

Melanoplus femurrubrum
(Red-legged Grasshopper)

Melanoplus foedus
(Striped Sand 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)

Syrbula admirabilis
(Handsome Grasshopper)

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Note: These grasshoppers (Acrididae) are polyphagous.

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

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