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Orphulella speciosa (Pasture Grasshopper; Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper; Pasture Locust)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Orphulella speciosa is commonly known as the slant-faced pasture grasshopper.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States

Prey / Diet

Danthonia spicata (poverty wild oat grass)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Pseudopomala brachyptera (Short-Winged Toothpick Grasshopper)1

Predators

Proctacanthus longus[2]
Proctacanthus philadelphicus[2]
Promachus bastardii[2]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 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)
♦ 2Predator-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)
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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