Sprinkled Locust
Chloealtis conspersa
Identification 5
Males have distinctive black sides to the pronotum, but females are less strikingly marked. The sides of the base of the abdomen are black in males and females. The pronotum edges are roughly parallel. Wings shorter than abdomen, shortest in females. A smallish species at 15-28 mm, with females larger than males (Capinera et al. 2004).
According to Rehn (1974), quoted in Otte (1981), males can be very difficult to capture, hopping multiple times when flushed and burrowing into leaf litter after the last leap. Females are much easier to capture.
Resources 5
Orthoptera of Michigan: https://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/Ag.%20Ext.%202007-Chelsie/PDF/e2815.pdf
Capinera, J.L., R.D. Scott, and T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
Otte, D., 1981. The North American Grasshoppers, Vol. I. Acrididae: Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard University Press.
Occurrence 5
Should occur statewide. Insects of Iowa has 3 records from central east Iowa. One record in iNaturalist southwest of Des Moines. No records in BugGuide from Iowa. Knutson (1937) reported this species from 16 counties in the northern 2/3 of the state.
Habitat 5
Dry upland areas, woodlands or thickets or shrubby margins of pastures. Females lay eggs in down wood, stumps or logs or branches. Scudder (1874), quoted in Otte (1981), described egg-laying in branches less than 2-3 inches in diameter.
Fontes e Créditos
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