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Mottled Sand Grasshopper

Spharagemon collare

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Acrididae

Spharagemon collare, the mottled sand grasshopper, is found in sandy-soiled, grassy areas of northern United States and southern Canada. They are known to be a minor pest of wheat crops; however, populations are rarely large enough to cause appreciable damage. Description Adult Adult mottled sand grasshoppers are light to dark tan with dark brown to black speckles that sometimes appear as bands or stripes.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 97Canada · 44