High Plains Grasshopper

Dissosteira longipennis, the high plains locust, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America, specifically on the High Plains, consistently from eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska to eastern New Mexico and northwest Texas, and sometimes as far south as South Texas, north to Montana, and east to Iowa; it is now most common in Colorado and Kansas. During the 1930s, it formed enormous swarms and caused significant damage to crops in the western United States, but it is now very rare and has not swarmed since.

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Dissosteira longipennis​ es una especie de saltamontes perteneciente a la familia Acrididae, subfamilia Oedipodinae. ​​​​ Se encuentra en América del Norte. ​ Durante la década de 1930, formó enormes enjambres y causó daños significativos a los cultivos en el oeste de los Estados Unidos, pero ahora es muy raro y no se ha enjambrado desde entonces.