Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

GRASSHOPPERS (ACRIDIDAE) OF COLORADO

IDENTIFICATION, BIOLOGY, AND MANAGEMENT

J. L. CAPINERA AND T. S. SECHRIST

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY EXPERIMENT STATION
FORT COLLINS

BULLETIN NO. 584S

Modified for electronic publication by
SPENCER SCHELL
1999

CONTENTS

• PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• GRASSHOPPER IDENTIFICATION

• KEY TO STAGES OF GRASSHOPPER DEVELOPMENT

• SEPARATION OF ADULT GRASSHOPPERS (ACRIDIDAE) FROM RELATED INSECT FAMILIES FOUND IN COLORADO

• KEY TO THE SUBFAMILIES OF ACRIDIDAE

• SUBFAMILY CYRTACANTHACRIDINAE - KEY TO SPECIES

• SUBFAMILY CATANTOPINAE (MELANOPLINAE) - KEY TO SPECIES

• (GENUS MELANOPLUS - KEY TO SPECIES)

• SUBFAMILY GOMPHOCERINAE - KEY TO SPECIES

• SUBFAMILY ROMALEINAE - KEY TO SPECIES

• SUBFAMILY OEDIPODINAE - KEY TO SPECIES

• (GENUS TRIMEROTROPIS - KEY TO SPECIES)

• GRASSHOPPER FIGURES

• GRASSHOPPER BIOLOGY

• GRASSHOPPER DEVELOPMENT

• GRASSHOPPER BEHAVIOR

• POPULATION DYNAMICS

• BIOLOGY OF COMMON COLORADO GRASSHOPPERS

• DISTRIBUTION OF COLORADO GRASSHOPPERS

• MANAGEMENT OF GRASSHOPPERS

• GLOSSARY

• LIST OF GRASSHOPPER NAMES

• LIST OF PLANT NAMES

• REFERENCES CITED