Northern Virginia Foodweb for Melanoplus differentialis (Differential Grasshopper)

Northern Virginia
Accipiter striatus
(Sharp-shinned Hawk)
Anguilla rostrata
(American eel)
Buteo jamaicensis
(Red-tailed Hawk)
Chelydra serpentina
(Common Snapping Turtle)
Larus delawarensis
(Ring-billed Gull)
Phalacrocorax auritus
(Double-crested Cormorant)
Strix varia
(Barred Owl)
Vulpes vulpes
(Red Fox)
 
Anas platyrhynchos
(Mallard)
Cardinalis cardinalis
(Northern Cardinal)
Corvus brachyrhynchos
(American Crow)
Cyanocitta cristata
(Blue Jay)
Didelphis virginiana
(Virginia Opossum)
Eptesicus fuscus
(big brown bat)
Geothlypis trichas
(Common Yellowthroat)
Megaceryle alcyon
(Belted Kingfisher)
Mephitis mephitis
(Striped Skunk)
Myiarchus crinitus
(Great Crested Flycatcher)
Ondatra zibethicus
(muskrat)
Poecile carolinensis
(Carolina Chickadee)
Procyon lotor
(Raccoon)
Quiscalus quiscula
(Common Grackle)
Sialia sialis
(Eastern Bluebird)
Sturnus vulgaris
(European Starling)
Thamnophis sirtalis
(Common Garter Snake)
Thryothorus ludovicianus
(Carolina Wren)
Turdus migratorius
(American Robin)
Zenaida macroura
(Mourning Dove)
 
Agkistrodon contortrix
(Southern Copperhead)
Ardea herodias
(Great Blue Heron)
Heterodon platirhinos
(Eastern Hognose Snake)
Peromyscus leucopus
(white-footed mouse)
 
Meleagris gallopavo
(Wild Turkey)
Nerodia sipedon
(Northern Water Snake)
Rattus norvegicus
(Norway rat)
 
Anaxyrus americanus
(American Toad)
Cryptotis parva
(North American Least Shrew)
 
Lithobates sphenocephalus
(Southern Leopard Frog)
Plestiodon fasciatus
(Five-lined Skink)
Pseudacris crucifer
(Spring Peeper)
 
Melanoplus differentialis
(Differential Grasshopper)
 
Digitaria ischaemum
(small crabgrass)
Phragmites australis
(common reed)
Symphyotrichum dumosum
(Small White Aster)
Verbascum thapsus
(great mullein)
 
Taraxacum campylodes
(Dandelion)
 
Daucus carota
(bird's nest)
Rudbeckia hirta
(Black-eyed Susan)
Trifolium pratense
(Red Clover)
 
Ecosystem provided by Study of Northern Virginia Ecology