Orthoptera of the Northern Great Plains


 

Hippiscus ocelote (Saussure)

Wrinkled grasshopper

Adults

  • Head rounded.
    • Fastigum with a median carnula and a cross ridge, demarking four flat areas.
  • Median carina cut by one suture.
    • Prozona as long or longer than metazona (metazona longer in all similar species).
  • Tegmen blotched, with a pale stripe in dorsal field.
  • Hindwing yellow to red with broad fuscous border.
  • Inner face of hind femur pale yellow with black transverse bands.
  • Hind tibia yellow to brownish.
  • Adults from mid-Summer to Autumn.
Nymphs
  • Fastigum with four depressions.
  • Median carina cut by one suture.
  • Prozona as long or longer than metazona.
  • Hind tibia yellow to brownish.
ND/SD Map

 


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