Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Striped Sand Grasshopper

Melanoplus foedus Scudder

Table 1. Percent fragments of important food plant species found in crops of Melanoplus foedus.

Family Names Species	North Dakota Mulkern et al 1969	Colorado Ueckert et al 1972	Idaho Banfill/Brusven 1973	Colorado Pfadt/Lavigne 1982	Nebraska Joern 1985
Asteraceae
Ambrosia psilostachya	19	11			3
Artemisia drunculus			4
Artemisia ludoviciana	15				6
Helianthus petiolaris	5			3	t
Chrysopsis villosa			20
Cirsium undulatum		7		t
Tragopogon dubius			2
Fabaceae
Amorpha canescens	19
Psoralea tenuiflora		7		24
Medicago sativa		2	14	41
Malvaceae
Sphaeralcea coccinea		5		4	11
Brassicaceae
Eryssimum asperum	4				5
Convolvulaceae
Evolvulus nuttallianus		10
Poaceae
Bouteloua gracilis		8		1	7
Bromus tectorum			25
Stipa comata				8
Calomovilfa longifolia		6
Phleum pratense			5
Poa sp			6
Sporobolus cryptandrus			1

 

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