Arthropods of Rosewood Nature Study Area
A list of the arthropods that inhabit Rosewood Nature Study Area in Reno, NV (besides butterflies and moths).
Sooty Longwing
Capnobotes fuliginosus is a species in the family Tettigoniidae ("katydids"), in the order Orthoptera ("grasshoppers, crickets, katydids"). A common name for Capnobotes fuliginosus is "sooty longwing". Capnobotes fuliginosus is found in North America.
Field Crickets
Field crickets are insects of order Orthoptera. These crickets are in subfamily Gryllinae of family Gryllidae.
Snowy Tree Cricket
Oecanthus fultoni, also known as the snowy tree cricket, or thermometer cricket, is a species of tree cricket from North America. Before 1960, the name Oecanthus niveus was wrongly applied to this species.
Mormon Cricket
The Mormon cricket (Anabrus simplex) is a large insect that can grow to almost 8 cm (3 inches) in length. It lives throughout western North America in rangelands dominated by sagebrush and forbs.
Pallid-winged Grasshopper
The pallid-winged grasshopper (Trimerotropis pallidipennis) is a common grasshopper of the family Acrididae, native to the deserts of western North America from British Columbia to Argentina. They are more active during the summer months, and their pale, mottled coloration makes them hard to see against surfaces such as the granite often found in the gravel of dry river beds. ...more ↓
