Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West
Entomology
Carolina Grasshopper
Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus)
Food |
Site 1 |
Site 2 |
|
Grasses |
Agropyron |
0.6 |
10.0 |
| Andropogon |
0.0 |
3.8 |
|
| Bromus |
98.3 |
8.5 |
|
| Carex |
0.0 |
7.9 |
|
| Sporobolus cryptandrus |
0.0 |
11.0 |
|
| Sporobolus seed |
0.0 |
0.2 |
|
|
Forbs |
Atriplex |
0.0 |
0.2 |
| Kochia scoparia |
1.1 |
32.3 |
|
| Kochia seed |
0.0 |
2.0 |
|
| Salsola iberica |
0.0 |
21.4 |
|
| Seed sp. |
0.0 |
0.6 |
|
| Sphaeralcea coccinea |
0.0 |
0.1 |
|
| Feather |
0.0 |
2.0 |
|
|
No. grasshopper crops |
15 |
19 |
|
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Site 1 Wyoming, Laramie Co. Pine Bluffs Rest Area, 4 September 1992, disturbed mixedgrass prairie, reseeded to smooth brome and crested wheatgrass. Site 2 Wyoming, Laramie Co. 11 miles west Pine Bluffs (R62W T14N Sec36 NW) 16 September 1992, disturbed mixedgrass prairie, invaded by weeds. |
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