Green bird grasshopper (Schistocerca shoshone)
| Schistocerca shoshone | |
|---|---|
| Other common names | |
| Green valley grasshopper | |
| Taxonomic classification | |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Cyrtacanthacridinae |
| Tribe: | Cyrtacanthacridini |
| Genus: | Schistocerca |
| Scientific name | |
| Schistocerca shoshone (Thomas, 1873) | |
| Geography | |
| Native countries: | |
| Pest status | |
| Known pest | |
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Taxonomy
Identification
| Phase | Stage | Color | Body length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregarious | nymph | ||
| Gregarious | immature adult | ||
| Gregarious | mature adult | ||
| Solitarious | nymph | ||
| Solitarious | adult |
Identification resources
| Title | Author(s) | Year | Geographic purview | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UofA School & Home Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Newsletter Newsletter Grasshoppers | University of Arizona,Dawn H. Gouge, Tom J. Getts, Tim W. Stock, John F. Connett and Micah Gay | 2023 | View URL | |
| Crickets and grasshoppers in Utah | Utah State University | 1931 | View URL | |
| The grasshoppers and other orthoptera of Arizona | University of Arizona,E. Ball, E. R. Tinkham, Robert Flock and C. T. Vorhies | 1942 | View URL |
Distribution
Schistocerca shoshone is found in the western US and northern Mexico.
Biology
| Phase | Developmental time |
|---|---|
| Eggs | |
| Hopper | |
| Adult | |
| Laying-fledging | |
| Adult maturation | |
| Total |
Habitat and ecology
Land-use change
Pest status
Recent outbreaks
Outbreak media coverage
Associated organizations
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Resources
| Title | Author(s) | Year | Geographic purview | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UofA School & Home Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Newsletter Newsletter Grasshoppers | University of Arizona,Dawn H. Gouge, Tom J. Getts, Tim W. Stock, John F. Connett and Micah Gay | 2023 | View URL | |
| Crickets and grasshoppers in Utah | Utah State University | 1931 | View URL | |
| The grasshoppers and other orthoptera of Arizona | University of Arizona,E. Ball, E. R. Tinkham, Robert Flock and C. T. Vorhies | 1942 | View URL |
Specimen contributors for this species
Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species. Read more…
Collected by
People who collected specimens of this species in the field.
- David Tan — 10 specimens collected
- Elliott Gordon — 10 specimens collected
- Selim Peabody — 4 specimens collected
- Michael J. W. Carr — 2 specimens collected
- Mariel Campbell — 2 specimens collected
- Katja Schulz — 1 specimen collected
- Alex Slavenko — 1 specimen collected
- Kevin Faccenda — 1 specimen collected
- Trina Roberts — 1 specimen collected
- Amanda Whitmire — 1 specimen collected
- Ryan Terrill — 1 specimen collected
Identified by
People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.
- Elliott Gordon — 17 specimens identified
- Tyler Grant — 11 specimens identified
- David Tan — 7 specimens identified
- Michael J. W. Carr — 2 specimens identified
- Katja Schulz — 1 specimen identified
- Kevin Faccenda — 1 specimen identified
- Mariel Campbell — 1 specimen identified
- Amanda Whitmire — 1 specimen identified
- Ryan Terrill — 1 specimen identified

