Relationships between Plant Diversity and Grasshopper Diversity and Abundance in the Little Missouri National Grassland

Table 2

Egg-overwintering grasshopper species caught in sweep samples in 2001 and 2002.

Species	2001	2002
Ageneotettix deorum	1,553	2,374
Melanoplus sanguinipes	1,162	1,631
Phoetaliotes nebrascensis	863	1,084
Opeia obscura	575	668
Encoptolophus costalis	490	590
Philbostroma quadrimaculatum	487	720
Melanoplus gladstoni	411	314
Melanoplus femurrubrum	343	490
Melanoplus infantilis	273	387
Orphulella speciosa	206	277
Trachyrhachys kiowa	165	281
Amphitornus coloradus	140	185
Melanoplus dawsoni	128	350
Aulocara femoratum	126	176
Hypochlora alba	115	152
Melanoplus packardii	111	185
Melanoplus keeleri	109	205
Aeropedellus clavatus	92	197
Spharagemon equale	36	64
Arphia pseudonietana	33	68
Aulocara ellioti	31	64
Melanoplus confusus	24	39
Mermiria bivittata	16	19
Hadrotettix trifasciatus	16	24
Melanoplus bivittatus	14	51
Hesperotettix viridis	12	17
Melanoplus differentialis	10	0
Dissosteira carolina	8	2
Metator pardalinus	7	36
Dactylotum bicolor	1	1
Total caught	9,236	13,590