Orthoptera of the Northern Great Plains


 

Spharagemon collare (Scudder)

Mottled sand grasshopper

Adults

  • High arching pronotum, metazona convex in profile.
    • Dorsal carina cut by one sulcus.
  • Hindwing yellow with a clear apex and crossed by a broad black band
    • Hindwing black marginal band extends nearer to body than costal black spur.
  • Inner face of hind femur black, crossed by two pale bands.
  • Hind tibia orange.
Nymphs
  • High arching pronotum.
  • Dorsal carina cut by one sulcus, metazona as high or higher than prozona.
  • Inner face of hind femur black, crossed by two pale bands.
  • Hind tibia orange.
ND/SD Map
 

Grasshopper thumbnail

 


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