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Bugs of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Cheyenne Mountain State Park is geographically situated just south of Colorado Springs. It lies beneath the eastern flank of Cheyenne Mountain, and borders the plains of Colorado. The park occupies an important transitional zone between Great Plains grassland communities and montane coniferous ...more ↓

Taxonomy
« Back To Winged and Once-winged Insects Subclass Pterygota
- Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids Order Orthoptera
  - 19 Grasshoppers, Locusts, and Allies Suborder Caelifera
  - 1 Katydids, Crickets, and Allies Suborder Ensifera

Snowy Tree Cricket ¹
Oecanthus fultoni

Orange-winged Grasshopper ²
Arphia conspersa

Green-striped Grasshopper ³
Chortophaga viridifasciata

Coral-winged Grasshopper ⁴
Pardalophora apiculata

Red-shanked Grasshopper ⁵
Xanthippus corallipes

Platte Range Grasshopper ⁶
Mestobregma plattei

Trachyrhachys aspera ⁶

Pallid-winged Grasshopper ⁷
Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Lichen Grasshopper ³
Trimerotropis saxatilis

Carolina Grasshopper ⁸
Dissosteira carolina

Montezuma's Grasshopper ⁹
Syrbula montezuma

White-whiskered grasshopper ¹⁰
Ageneotettix deorum

Velvet-striped Grasshopper ¹¹
Eritettix simplex

Striped Slant-faced Grasshopper ¹²
Amphitornus coloradus

Large-headed Grasshopper ¹³
Phoetaliotes nebrascensis

Sage Grasshopper ¹⁴
Hypochlora alba

Keeler's Spur-throat Grasshopper ¹⁵
Melanoplus keeleri

Two-striped Grasshopper ¹⁶
Melanoplus bivittatus

Red-legged Grasshopper ¹⁷
Melanoplus femurrubrum

Migratory Grasshopper ¹⁸
Melanoplus sanguinipes

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Bugs of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Snowy Tree Cricket 1 Oecanthus fultoni

Orange-winged Grasshopper 2 Arphia conspersa

Green-striped Grasshopper 3 Chortophaga viridifasciata

Coral-winged Grasshopper 4 Pardalophora apiculata

Red-shanked Grasshopper 5 Xanthippus corallipes

Platte Range Grasshopper 6 Mestobregma plattei

Trachyrhachys aspera 6

Pallid-winged Grasshopper 7 Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Lichen Grasshopper 3 Trimerotropis saxatilis

Carolina Grasshopper 8 Dissosteira carolina

Montezuma's Grasshopper 9 Syrbula montezuma

White-whiskered grasshopper 10 Ageneotettix deorum

Velvet-striped Grasshopper 11 Eritettix simplex

Striped Slant-faced Grasshopper 12 Amphitornus coloradus

Large-headed Grasshopper 13 Phoetaliotes nebrascensis

Sage Grasshopper 14 Hypochlora alba

Keeler's Spur-throat Grasshopper 15 Melanoplus keeleri

Two-striped Grasshopper 16 Melanoplus bivittatus

Red-legged Grasshopper 17 Melanoplus femurrubrum

Migratory Grasshopper 18 Melanoplus sanguinipes