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Melanoplus bivittatus is a relatively large species with sizes ranging from 30 to 55 mm. [3] A pair of pale yellow stripes run along the top of its body from above its eyes to the hind tip of its wings, which gives it the names two-striped grasshopper or yellow-striped grasshopper. [3]
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.
Pardalophora phoenicoptera, the orange-winged grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Chortophaga australior Rehn & Hebard, 1911 – southern green-striped grasshopper (sometimes listed as a subspecies of C. viridifasciata) [citation needed] Chortophaga cubensis (Scudder, 1875) Chortophaga mendocino Rentz, 1977 – Mendocino green-striped grasshopper; Chortophaga viridifasciata (De Geer, 1773) – northern green-striped grasshopper
The tibiae of the hind legs are blue, while the femora are orange. The hind femora have characteristic dark marks. They are also easily identified by their characteristic eyes, which have vertical black and white stripes. Their pronota show a dorsal orange stripe and several small white spots. The wings are clear with dark marks. [5] [4]
Romalea is a genus of grasshoppers native to the Southeastern and South-central United States.As traditionally defined, it contains a single species, Romalea microptera, known commonly as the Georgia thumper, eastern lubber grasshopper, Florida lubber, or Florida lubber grasshopper, although some recent authorities regard Taeniopoda as a junior synonym, in which case there are about a dozen ...
Of the known species, three, including the two new species, have very similar traits, including a “relatively large body, striped legs (and) patterned wings,” according to scientists.
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.