Carolina grasshopper

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Dissosteira carolina

       
Order

Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder

Caelifera (Short-horned Orthoptera)

Family

Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)

Subfamily

Oedipodinae (Band-winged grasshoppers)

Status

 

Habitat

 

Adult Season

 


Identification

 


Nymph Food

 

 
Adult Food

Plant material including grasses, forbs, and horsetails.


Life Cycle

 


Similar
Species
 

Range

 

   
 
Sightings

Afton State Park

Cedar Mountain SNA

Chippewa Prairie

Elm Creek Park Reserve

Felton Prairie SNA
Shrike Unit

Grey Cloud Dunes SNA

Minneopa State Park

Mound Spring Prairie SNA

Ottertail Prairie SNA

Rice Lake Savanna SNA

River Terrace Prairie SNA

Rock Ridge Prairie SNA


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Common
Names

Black-winged Grasshopper

Carolina grasshopper

Road Duster

             
               

 

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