Black-winged Grasshopper - Male and Female

 Black-winged Grasshopper - Adult

 

Common Name:  Black-winged Grasshopper,
                               Road Duster or Carolina Locust

Latin Name:  Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus)
                        (D.L. Johnson, det.)

Length:  30 - 40 mm

Range: Southern 2/3 of Alberta

Habitat:  Various

Time of year seen:  Summer

Diet: Grasses and forbs

Black-winged Grasshopper - Calgary, AB - July 28, 2004

 

       

                        
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Location: Lethbridge, AB
Date: Aug.,  1991

             
Photo courtesy D.L. Johnson ©2005.
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