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Schistocerca americana is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae known commonly as the American grasshopper [3] and American bird grasshopper. [4] It is native to North America, where it occurs in the eastern United States, Mexico, and the Bahamas. [3] Occasional, localized outbreaks of this grasshopper occur, and it is often referred ...
Melanoplus is a large genus of grasshoppers. They are the typical large grasshoppers (and in some cases migratory "locusts") in North America. A common name is spur-throat grasshoppers (also "spurthroat" or "spur-throated grasshoppers"), but this more typically refers to members of the related subfamily Catantopinae.
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) [1] or bush crickets. [2] They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". [3] More than 8,000 species are known. [1] Part of the suborder Ensifera, the Tettigoniidae are the only extant (living) family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea.
The hind femora (third segment of leg) have large dark spots or bands and the hind tibiae (fourth segment of leg) is blue or blue-green. [3] The body length of a male is approximately 24.5 mm and a female is approximately 31.5 mm. [4] This grasshopper gets its name from the presence of a large spine-like furcula. In males, the extensions of the ...
The green-striped grasshopper is single-brooded in the North and west of the Great Plains but is multiple-brooded in the Southeast. [4] In the single-brooded range, green-striped grasshoppers' eggs are laid early in the summer season. These eggs hatch later in the same summer. The nymphs will molt three to four times before winter.
Schistocerca shoshone, known generally as the green bird grasshopper or green valley grasshopper, is a species of bird grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Grasshoppers eat large quantities of foliage both as adults and during their development, and can be serious pests of arid land and prairies. Pasture, grain, forage, vegetable and other crops can be affected. Grasshoppers often bask in the sun, and thrive in warm sunny conditions, so drought stimulates an increase in grasshopper populations.
Campylacantha olivacea, known generally as the fuzzy olive-green grasshopper or olive grasshopper, ... It is found in North America. [1] [5] Subspecies