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Grasshoppers Crickets Katydids
Order ORTHOPTERA
Grasshoppers/Locusts
Suborder CAELIFERA
Short-Horned Grasshoppers
Family ACRIDIDAE
Carolina Grasshopper, Pallid-winged Grasshopper, Red-shanked Grasshopper
GENERA: Dissosteira, Trimerotropis, Xanthippus +
Bird Grasshoppers
GENERA: Schistocerca +
Two-Striped Mermiria
GENERA: Mermiria +
Differential Grasshopper, Red-Legged Grasshopper
GENERA: Melanoplus +
Crickets/Katydids
Suborder ENSIFERA
Field Crickets
GENERA: Gryllus +
Jerusalem Cricket
GENERA: Ammopelmatus +
Angel-Winged Katydids, Mormon Cricket
GENERA: Anabrus, Microcentrum +
Bandwing Grasshoppers
Subfamily OEDIPODINAE
Genus species:
Dissosteira carolina
Trimerotropis pallidipennis
Xanthippus corallipes
Carolina Grasshopper
Dissosteira carolina
Pallid-Winged Grasshopper
Trimerotropis pallidipennis
Bird Grasshoppers
Subfamily CYRTACANTHACRIDINAE
Green Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca shoshone
Slant-Faced Grasshoppers
Subfamily GOMPHOCERINAE
Common Name:
Cream Grasshopper
Two-striped Mermiria
Genus species:
Cibolacris parviceps
Mermiria bivittata
Cream Grasshopper
Cibolacris parviceps
Spur-Throated Grasshoppers
Subfamily MELANOPLINAE
Common Name:
Differential Grasshopper
Red-Legged Grasshopper
Genus species:
Melanoplus differentialis
Melanoplus femurrubrum
Differential Grasshopper
Melanoplus differentialis
True Crickets
Family GRYLLIDAE
Field Cricket
Gryllus spp.
Jerusalem Cricket
Subfamily STENOPELMATIDAE
Jerusalem Cricket
Ammopelmatus ssp.
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Katydids
Family TETTIGONIIDAE
Common Name:
Angle-Winged Katydid
Mormon Cricket
Genus species:
Microcentrum rhombifolium
Anabrus simplex
Angle-Winged Katydid
Microcentrum rhombifolium
Antlions Lacewings
Order NEUROPTERA
Long-Tailed Antlions, Pit Trapping Anlions
TRIBES: Brachynemurini, Myrmeleontini +
Green Lacewings
TRIBES: Chrysopini +
Antlions
Family MYRMELEONTIDAE
Long-Tailed Antlions
Tribe BRACHYNEMURINI
Mantises
Order MANTODEA
Common Name:
European (Praying) Mantis
Arizona Mantis
Genus species:
Mantis religiosa
Stagmomantis limbata
Mantids
Family MANTIDAE
European (Praying) Mantis
Mantis religiosa
Small Mayflies
Family BAETIDAE
Speckled Duns
Callibaetis spp.
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