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	Nymph Food
	Shoots and other easily digested parts of the same plants that adults feed on.

	Adult Food
	Plant material including grasses, forbs, and horsetails.

	Pests and Diseases
	Entomophaga grylli is a fungal species complex that kills grasshoppers. It is one of the most common and widespread diseases of grasshoppers. It causes the infected grasshopper to crawl to the top of a plant shortly before death. The grasshopper dies with its head pointed upward and its forelegs tightly wrapped around the plant stalk. These symptoms are unique to E. grylli. The dead grasshopper remains in there for several days. There are three generally recognized pathotypes, two of which are native to North America. Pathotype 1, E. macleodii infects grasshoppers in the subfamily Oedipodinae (band-winged grasshoppers). Pathotype 2, E. calopteni infects grasshoppers in the genus Melanoplus. Pathotype 3, E. praxibuli, is native to Australia and was introduced into North America. It infects both Oedipodinae and Melanoplus grasshoppers. Thus, it is not possible to determine in the field which fungus caused the grasshopper’s demise.


	Distribution
			Sources 7, 19, 24, 27, 29, 30, 82.
	10/3/2020

	Occurrence
	Very common


	Taxonomy
	Order	Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids)
	Suborder	Caelifera (grasshoppers, locusts, and allies)
	Infraorder	Acrididea (grasshoppers)
	Superfamily	Acridoidea (short-horned grasshoppers and locusts)
	Family	Acrididae (short-horned grasshoppers)
	Subfamily	Oedipodinae (band-winged grasshoppers)
	Genus	Dissosteira

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	Common Names
	black-winged grasshopper Carolina grasshopper road duster


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	Carolina Grasshopper Andree Reno Sanborn

	About Dissosteira carolina They fly with huge black wings during the last half of summer and prefer bare ground. They are huge.



	Dissosteira carolina (Carolina Grasshopper) Allen Chartier

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	Carolina Grasshopper (Acrididae: Dissosteira carolina) Carl Barrentine

	About Uploaded on Sep 13, 2009 Photographed at the Kellys Slough NWR, North Dakota (13 September 2009).



	Carolina Grasshopper (Acrididae: Dissosteira carolina) Taking Flight Carl Barrentine

	About Uploaded on Jul 25, 2009 Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (24 July 2009).



	Carolina Grasshopper (Acrididae: Dissosteira carolina) Camouflaged Carl Barrentine

	About Uploaded on Jul 31, 2010 Photographed at Turtle River State Park, North Dakota (30 July 2010).



	Carolina Grasshopper (Acrididae: Dissosteira carolina) Nymph Carl Barrentine

	About Uploaded on Jul 21, 2009 Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (17 July 2009).

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