Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Bruner Slantfaced Grasshopper

Bruneria brunnea (Thomas)

Table 1. Mean percentage dry weight of food items in the diet of Bruneria brunnea in mountain meadow habitats.

	Laramie Range meadow	Laramie Range meadow	Big Horn Mountain meadow
	7/11/94	8/7/94	8/4/94
Age	Instar V	Adult	Adult
Festuca idahoensis	0.5	0.0	37.5
Leucopa kingii	39.9	39.3	27.1
Elymus lanceolatus	35.3	20.8	0.0
Carex filifolia	9.1	15.6	0.0
Carex rupestris	0.0	0.0	29.3
Stipa comata	13.8	0.0	1.3
Muhlenbergia filiculmis	0.4	0.0	0.0
Agropyron sp.	0.0	0.0	2.5
Oryzopsis sp.	0.0	10.8	1.3
Grass seed	1.1	7.2	1.0
Arthropod	0.0	6.4	0.0
No. crops examined	11	15	13

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