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Bugs of Mueller State Park

Mueller State Park preserves an area of semi-wilderness within a short drive of one of Colorado’s largest metropolitan areas – Colorado Springs. The park is located on the western flank of Pike’s Peak, at elevations between 8900-9800 feet. Mueller is comprised of 5,121 acres of land, owned by ...more ↓

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

Mormon Cricket ¹
Anabrus simplex

Orange-winged Grasshopper ²
Arphia conspersa

Clear-winged Grasshopper ³
Camnula pellucida

Red-shanked Grasshopper ⁴
Xanthippus corallipes

Wrangler Grasshopper ²
Circotettix rabula

Pallid-winged Grasshopper ⁵
Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Crackling Forest Grasshopper ⁶
Trimerotropis verruculata

Huckleberry Spur-throat Grasshopper ⁷
Melanoplus fasciatus

Two-striped Grasshopper ⁸
Melanoplus bivittatus

Red-legged Grasshopper ⁹
Melanoplus femurrubrum

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Bugs of Mueller State Park

Mormon Cricket 1 Anabrus simplex

Orange-winged Grasshopper 2 Arphia conspersa

Clear-winged Grasshopper 3 Camnula pellucida

Red-shanked Grasshopper 4 Xanthippus corallipes

Wrangler Grasshopper 2 Circotettix rabula

Pallid-winged Grasshopper 5 Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Crackling Forest Grasshopper 6 Trimerotropis verruculata

Huckleberry Spur-throat Grasshopper 7 Melanoplus fasciatus

Two-striped Grasshopper 8 Melanoplus bivittatus

Red-legged Grasshopper 9 Melanoplus femurrubrum