Lively Mermiria
Mermiria picta
Identification 5
Elongate body and legs, with forward slanted face. Usually has a dark dorsal stripe. It can be very similar to the congener Mermiria bivitatta, but M. bivitatta lacks the dark dorsal stripe on the head and pronotum. M. picta also has lateral ridges on the pronotum and the lack of a white streak at the base of the wings. Another species that may seem similar is the Bunch Grass Locust (Pseudopomala brachyptera), but that species usually has very short wings.
Resources 5
Grasshoppers of the Western U.S. does not have Factsheet for M. picta, but it does have a Factsheet for M. bivittata which explains how to distinguish the two species: http://idtools.org/id/grasshoppers/factsheet.php?name=13203
Occurrence 5
A southern species that has been recorded in a few southwestern counties in Iowa. Insects of Iowa has a record from Monona County. Knutson (1937) reported this species from Pottawattamie, Mills, and Fremont counties. BugGuide has records from Pottawattamie and Monona counties. SCAN shows 1 museum record from Woodbury County.
Habitat 5
Tall grasses, sometimes in forested areas.
Fontes e Créditos
- (c) Mary Keim, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/38514062@N03/19425154636/
- (c) John G. Phillips, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by John G. Phillips
- (c) Rich Hoyer, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Rich Hoyer
- (c) Chuck Sexton, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chuck Sexton
- (c) Tyler Grant, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)
