Grasshopper Table (Artemisia ludoviciana)

Insect & Family Names
(Scientific & Common)

Arphia pseuconietana *
(Red-winged Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Campylacantha olivacea **
(Fuzzy Olive-green Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Hesperotettix viridis **
(Snakeweed Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Hipiscus ocelote
(Wrinkled Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Hypochlora alba **
(Cudweed Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Melanoplus angustipennis
(Narrow-winged Sand Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Melanoplus bivittatus
(Two-striped Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Melanoplus confusus **
(Little Pasture Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Melanoplus differentialis *
(Differential Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Melanoplus femurrubrum
(Red-legged Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Melanoplus flavidus
(Yellowish Spur-throated Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Melanoplus foedus
(Striped Sand Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Melanoplus gladstoni
(Gladston's Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Melanoplus keeleri luridus **
(Keeler's Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Melanoplus packardii
(Packard's Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Melanoplus sanguinipes
(Migratory Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Melanoplus scudderi latus
(Scudder's Short-winged Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Pardalophora haldemani *
(Haldeman's Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

Trimerotropis maritima
(Seaside Grasshopper)
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)

* White Sage is a minor food plant
** White Sage is a preferred food plant

Sources: Campbell et al. (1974), Joern (1985),
Brust et al. (2008), Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. (1994)

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