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 » Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus) » Melanoplus bivittatus bivittatus
Photo#555044
Two-Striped Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus
Copyright © 2011 Cotinis

Two-Striped Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus
Marietta Sand Prairie State Preserve, Marshall County, Iowa, USA
July 29, 2011
Size: 30-35 mm
These were among the abundant hoppers at Marietta Sand Prairie. This one appears to match other images for this species.
gathering_2011

Images of this individual: tag all
Two-Striped Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus Two-Striped Grasshopper - Melanoplus bivittatus
Contributed by Cotinis on 31 July, 2011 - 5:27am
Last updated 15 September, 2013 - 10:16am

Moved
Moved from Two-Striped Grasshopper.
… David J. Ferguson, 15 September, 2013 - 10:16am

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