Species Paropomala pallida - Pale Toothpick Grasshopper

Paropomala pallida L. Bruner, 1904, described from Indio, California

Paropomala dissimilis L. Bruner, 1904, described from southwestern US or northwestern Mexico

Paropomala acris Rehn & Hebard, 1908, described from Railroad Pass, Cochise County, Arizona

Paropomala perpallida Rehn & Hebard, 1908, described from Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona

Erimiacris acris (Hebard) Hebard, 1929

Eremiacris pallida (Bruner) Hebard, 1929

Much as in P. virgata except hind femora shorter and not reaching tips of abdomen and often not wings. Wings varied in length, but usually at least reaching past tips of hind femora, or nearly so. As in P. virgata, dark stripe is narrower than eye, extending back from upper part of eye, usually with white or near white area surrounding roughly lower half of eye.

P. wyomingensis, usually has short wings only an uncommon long-winged variant occurs. Dark stripe back from eye is wider than eye, with white coloring below only touching bottom of eye. The subgenital plate is longer, very roughly about as long as the combined length of two average abdominal segments.

Widespread in western U.S. and northwestern Mexico. Mostly west from Rockies, but east across all of New Mexico and much of Colorado into western Texas and southeastern Colorado.

Mostly desert and grassland regions, where it is found associated mostly with clumps of bunch grass in sandy areas.

probably grasses

Eggs are laid in soil and overwinter. Adults mature in late spring or early summer and often live until first frosts in autumn.