Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Melanoplini » Melanoplus » Western Sagebrush Grasshopper (Melanoplus complanatipes)
Photo#1621425
Acrididae - Melanoplus cinereus? - Melanoplus complanatipes - male
Copyright © 2018 Tanner Carothers

Acrididae - Melanoplus cinereus? - Melanoplus complanatipes - Male
Dugway Proving Ground, Horse Spring, Tooele County, Utah, USA
June 27, 2016
Size: Approximately 2 cm
Coll. Robert J. Delph
UV Light Trap 2100-0100

Images of this individual: tag all
Acrididae - Melanoplus cinereus? - Melanoplus complanatipes - male Acrididae - Melanoplus cinereus? - Melanoplus complanatipes - male
Contributed by Tanner Carothers on 20 December, 2018 - 1:35pm
Last updated 5 September, 2019 - 3:46pm

looks like Melanoplus complanatipes
Melanoplus cinereus is very closely related, but I think not found in this region. They are likely the same species, with M. cinereus being a more southwestern version. M. bowditchi is also very close, and takes over further to the east. All live primarily on Composite shrubs.

Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 5 September, 2019 - 3:46pm

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.
… metrioptera, 21 December, 2018 - 8:51am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo