Orthoptera of the Northern Great Plains


 

Acrolophitus hirtipes (Say)

Green fool grasshopper

Adults

  • General color powdery green (life).
    • Leopard spotted variant in more southern populations.
  • Face very slanted.
  • Antennae slightly ensiform, purple-brown.
  • Pronotum with high arching crest on metazona.
    • Posterior lobe of pronotum < 90o.
  • Hindwings yellow with a clear apex.
    • Crossed by a very broad black band.
Nymphs
  • Characters as adults, lack functional wings.
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ND/SD Map

Grasshopper thumbnail

 


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