Research Article
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 |
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