Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Orangelegged Grasshopper

Spharagemon equale (Say)

Table 1. Growth of a rangeland grasshopper population (number per square yard) and of Spharagemon equale, a subdominant member, in a mixedgrass habitat of eastern Wyoming (Platte County T27N R67W Sec 36 SE).

	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Spharagemon equale	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	1.0
Assemblage of 16 species	3.7	5.1	8.7	15.3	48.6

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