melanoplus


 * //Melanoplus bivittatus// (Say) **
 * || ==== ** Twostriped Grasshopper ** ====

//Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 912//

//Species Fact Sheet//

//September 1994//

//by Robert E. Pfadt// || || [|Distribution and Habitat]
 * Geographic range of //Melanoplus bivittatus// (Say) ||
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[|Identification]

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[|Adults and Reproduction]

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[|Selected References] //[|Click here for the printable version]//

**  Distribution and Habitat **
The twostriped grasshopper, //Melanoplus bivittatus// (Say), occurs widely in North America inhabiting tall, lush, herbaceous vegetation. Dense populations may reside in tallgrass prairie, wet meadows, roadsides, ditch banks, and crop borders.