Orthoptera of the Northern Great Plains


 

Orphulella pelidna (Burmeister)

Chromatic pasture grasshopper*

Adults

  • Face slanted.
  • Antennae simple.
  • Lateral foveola not visible from above.
    • Weakly rectangular, almost square.
  • Lateral carinae constricted about mid-length.
    • Cut by two sutures.
  • Tegmen with parallel costal and inner margins.
  • Hind femur not conspicuously banded.
    • Gray, brown, or yellow in color.
Nymphs
  • Face slanted.
  • Lateral foveola not visible from above.
  • Lateral carinae constricted about mid-length.
    • Cut by two sutures.
  • Hind femur not conspicuously banded.
    • Gray, brown, or yellow in color.

ND/SD Map

 


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