Orthoptera of the Northern Great Plains


 

Mermiria picta (Walker)

Painted slantfaced grasshopper/Painted toothpick grasshopper

Adults

  • Very elongated body.
  • Ensiform antennae.
  • Lateral carinae present, cut by two sulci.
  • Tegmen without a white basal streak.
  • Wings, hind femur and abdomen of about equal length (subequal).
  • Hind tibia orange.
Nymphs
  • Elongated body with hind femur nearly as long as abdomen.
  • Pronotum shape and sulci as in adult.

ND/SD Map

 


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