The American grasshopper, Schistocerca americana americana (Drury)
From Entomology Circulars.
The American grasshopper, sometimes known as a “bird grasshopper,” ranges throughout the eastern United States to the Great Plains, and south to Mexico. It is closely related to the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal)) of Africa and the Middle East, but does not have a true swarming phase like the African species. …read more
