Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Whitecrossed Grasshopper

Aulocara femoratum Scudder

Table 1. Mean percent dry weight of plant fragments in crops of late nymphal and adult Aulocara femoratum collected during late morning in the mixedgrass prairie (Wyoming, Goshen County, T20N R60W Sec 3 NE).

Food Plant	Instars IV and V	Adult Males	Adult Females
needleleaf sedge	40	37	20
western wheatgrass	32	9	53
needleandthread	17	11	12
blue grama	4	23	1
buffalograss	1	19	9
red threeawn	5	0	0
Sandberg bluegrass	1	0	0
green needlegrass	0	0	5
number crops examined	23	22	16

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