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Melanoplus cinereus cyanipes
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Copyright © 2010
Alice Abela
Grayish Sagebrush Grasshopper -
Melanoplus cinereus
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Santa Barbara County, California, USA
July 22, 2010
Size: ~1.5cm
Found in coastal sandy back dune habitat, especially in areas infested by veldt grass (Ehrharta calycina)
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Contributed by
Alice Abela
on 22 July, 2010 - 11:59pm
Last updated 25 July, 2010 - 4:45pm
Moved
Moved from
Grasshoppers
.
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Alice Abela
, 25 July, 2010 - 3:50pm
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looks like a male of
Melanoplus cinereus cyanipes
. I've not gotten very familiar with this insect in the field, but it's closest relatives all favor shrubby Composites, mostly related to
Aster
and
Baccharis
, as their primary food sources.
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David J. Ferguson
, 23 July, 2010 - 12:19am
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Hmm...
With the veldt, there was also mock heather (Ericameria ericoides) and California aster (Lessingia filaginifolia), both shrubby composites, maybe they were after these rather than the grass?
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Alice Abela
, 23 July, 2010 - 1:05am
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Both sound likely.
It would be interesting to know. Often in the related species you will find concentrations of the insects in the shrubs they favor, and they will perch in numbers at night on the twigs not far below the tips. They tend to fly into any cover when disturbed, but wander back to their favorite food before too long.
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David J. Ferguson
, 26 July, 2010 - 3:39pm
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Maybe...
Maybe Melanoplus devastator?
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Alice Abela
, 23 July, 2010 - 12:15am
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