Subspecies Spharagemon marmoratum marmoratum - Northern Marbled Grasshopper

Differs little from subspecies picta, but averages smaller, and often has a dark ring in addition to the pale ring around the base of the hind tibiae. Also, it is more varied in coloration (sometimes even green) and more likely to be mottled in appearance. The hind wings are a paler "lemon" or "sulphur" yellow and the dark band across the wings averages narrower. The ssp. picta has the hind wings usually a darker more orangey color and the dark band is usually wider. The change from this subspecies to subspecies picta occurs along the Atlantic coast at about s. Virginia and n. North Carolina.

Along Atlantic coast from Virginia into New England and inland to Wisconsin

Sand areas, especially along shorelines.

summer to frost

Overwinters as eggs laid in the ground.

Hard to confuse with any other species, but sometimes it resembles Trimerotropis maritima, which is larger and more plain, with dark bands on the tegmina (front wings) ill-defined or absent and often crossing the top (in folded position), and with the pronotum flatter on top and broader. This species also closely resembles Conozoa carinata and sulcifrons, but those species are western and have the lower rear corner of the pronotum angular instead of rounded, they also have narrower and less strongly pigmented wings. Psinidia may be similarly marked, but has a more roughly sculptured pronotum, larger head, and very thick antennae. Rarely S. marmorata is nearly plain in color, and can resemble S. bolli; however, that species is larger with a much more roof-like pronotum that has a much higher crest. S. collare is sometimes similar, but also has a much higher crest on the pronotum.