Orthoptera of the Northern Great Plains


 

Melanoplus angustipennis (Dodge)

Narrow-winged grasshopper

Adults

  • Post-ocular band black only at top and in sulci.
    • Interrupted by pale spots.
  • Outer face of hind femur weakly banded or without bands.
  • Inner face of hind femur yellow.
  • Hind tibia blue.
  • Male cercus spatulate.
  • Subanal plate bilobed.
  • Ovipositor with a dorsal tooth.
  • Female cercus long and upturned.
  • Adults in mid to late Summer.
Nymphs
  • General coloration pale with black flecks.
  • Hind femur with traces of cross-bands only.

ND/SD Map

 

 

 

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