Skip navigation.
New Mexico State University

Spur-Thoated Grasshoppers

KEY TO THE SPUR-THROATED GRASSHOPPERS (Melanoplinae)

Level 1a

Face markedly slanted. Antennae sword-shaped. Body gray. Wings very short. Usually on creosotebush ...

 Lateral view, showing markedly slanted face and sword-shaped antennae.
 Clematodes larreae Scudder

Level 1b

Face nearly vertical or slanting only slightly. Antennae not sword-shaped. Body, wings, and host plants variable... Go to Level 2

 Grasshopper head showing unslanted face.

Like This