Meadow Purple-striped Grasshopper

 Meadow Purple-striped Grasshopper

 

Common Name:  Meadow Purple-striped Grasshopper

Latin Name:  Hesperotettix viridis pratensis
                        (D.L. Johnson, det.)

Length:  19 - 22 mm

Range: Southern 1/6 of Alberta

Habitat:  Grasslands

Time of year seen:  Summer

Diet: Forbs

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Location: Taber, AB
Date: Sept. 8,  2004

Photo courtesy D.L. Johnson ©2005.