Orthoptera of the Northern Great Plains


 

Spharagemon equale (Say)

Orange-legged grasshopper/ Say's grasshopper

Barren ground grasshopper

Adults

  • Pronotum cut by one sulcus.
    • Prozona nearly straight, highest posteriad.
  • Hindwing yellow with clear apex and crossed by a black band.
    • Black costal spur and black margin extend equadistant to body.
  • Inner face of hind femur dull orange and crossed by two black bands.
  • Hind tibia orange.
Nymphs
  • Pronotum cut by one sulcus.
    • Metazona nearly straight, lower than prozona.
  • Inner face of hind femur dull orange and crossed by two black bands.
  • Hind tibia orange.
ND/SD Map

Grasshopper thumbnail

 


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