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Melanoplus bivittatus (Yellow-striped Locust; Two-striped Grasshopper)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus) is a poikilothermic species of grasshopper belonging to the genus Melanoplus. It is commonly found in North America, with high quantities inhabiting Canadian prairies and farmland.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States

Prey / Diet

Rubus decumbens (Northern dewberry)[1]

Predators

Coluber constrictor (Eastern Racer)[2]
Ospriocerus latipennis[3]
Sialia sialis (Eastern Bluebird)[4]
Stenopogon inquinatus[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Acemya tibialis[4]
Ceracia dentata[4]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1The Food-habits and Biology of Acrididae in an Old-field Community in Southeastern Michigan, S. K. Gangwere, F. C. Evans, and M. L. Nelson, The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 9, No. 2 (1976)
♦ 2Resources of a Snake Community in Prairie-Woodland Habitat of Northeastern Kansas, Henry S. Fitch, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Research Report 13: 83-98 (1982)
♦ 3Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0