Orthoptera of the Northern Great Plains


 

Schistocerca emarginata (Scudder)

Prairie bird-locust/ Spotted bird-locust

Adults

  • Antennae yellow.
  • Eyes vertically striped (in life).
  • Pronotum with a median yellow stripe.
  • Mesosternal lobes longer than wide.
Nymphs
  • General color green or brown, flecked with white.
  • Eyes vertically striped (life).
  • Convex pronotum with median white line.
  • Mesosternal lobes longer than wide.
 

ND/SD Map

Grasshopper thumbnail

 


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