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Grasshoppers: Their Biology, Identification and Management.
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Overwintering Species
(To be adults at spring green-up)

Arphia conspersa 1-G
Adult: A large brown grasshopper with red or yellow wings. Lower abdomen and hind tibia yellowish. This species often will flush before you get close enough to catch them in a net.

Immature: Usually dark brown and having many of the adult morphological characteristics, *two light bands on inner face of femur.

Drawing of Arphia conspersa.


 

 

Chortophaga viridifasciata 2-G
Adult: A large grasshopper with smoke-colored wings, greenish-yellow at base. Color usually green, antennae red with the pronotum slightly arched. *A visible band through the compound eye.

Immature: Body color may range from green to brown speckled with white, but the median carina is always high and sharp. First instars usually appear near mid-July.

Drawing of Chortophaga viridifasciata.


 

 

Pardalophora haldemanii 3-G
Adult: A large, robust grasshopper with one sulcus cutting the pronotum. *Inner surface of the hind femora usually a greenish yellow. Dark spots on forewing, rough pronotum.

Immature: Later instars are large with one sulcus cutting the pronotum. Very similar to Xanthippus, can have two sulci on pronotum.

Drawing of Pardalophora haldemanii.


 

 

Xanthippus corallipes 4-G
Adult: A large, robust grasshopper with *two sulci cutting the pronotum. Inner surface of the hind femora and tibiae a bright reddish pink. Dark spots on forewing, rough pronotum.

Immature: Overwinter in the later instar stages. *Usually dark blue on inner femur in first four instars, becoming more reddish pink instars five and six. A slight X is sometimes visible on the dorsal area of the pronotum. First instars appear in early July.

Drawing of Xanthippus corallipes.


 

 

Eritettix simplex 5-G
Adult: An average-sized grasshopper. Colors range from a bright green to a light tan. Adults normally begin to appear in early May. *Adults and immatures share tricarinate feature on head and pronotum.

Immature: Apparently overwinter in the fourth and fifth instar stage and can be found from fall to early spring. First instars usually appear around the first week of July.

Drawing of Eritettix simplex.


 

 

Psoloessa delicatula 6-G
Adult: A small, drab grasshopper with a *diamond visible on the hind femora. Posterior dorsal area of pronotum very flat. Lateral carinae strongly constricted in the middle for immatures and adults.

Immature: Color somewhat darker than Eritettix sp. with an evident white mark on the pronotum. Face not as slanted as Eritettixsp. First instars usually appear around the first week of July. Diamond on hind femora often visible in immatures.

Drawing of Psoloessa delicatula.


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