Orthoptera of the Northern Great Plains


 

Hesperotettix viridis (Thomas)

Snakeweed grasshopper

Adults

  • Pronotum quadrate 'table-like' in cross-section.
    • Pronotum with red to purple median stripe which may be white centered.
    • Pronotum with rugose metazona and nearly smooth prozona.
  • Hind femur with black herring-bone pattern.
    • With an apical red ring.
  • Hind tibia blue.
Nymphs
  • Emerald green with white dorsal stripe.
  • Body surface flecked with white.
ND/SD Map

Grasshopper thumbnail

 


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