Orthoptera includes grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets. Below is a list of the species that have been found in Carleton College’s Arboretum in a 2006 summer research survey by Alexander Forde ’07, Elisabeth Sederberg ’07, and professor Mark McKone. To the side of the page is an attached list of the species found in McKnight Prairie.
Tetrigidae (Pygmy Grasshoppers)
Rhaphidophoridae (Camel Crickets)
Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Phaneropterinae
Scudderia furcata
Amblycorypha oblongifolia
Scudderia texensis
Copiphorinae
Neoconocephalus retusus
Neoconocephalus ensiger
Conocephalinae
Orchelimum nigripes
Conocephalus fasciatus
Conocephalus saltans
Orchelimum gladiator
Orchelimum vulgare
Orchelimum nigropleuron
Tettigoniinae
Tettigonia lateralis
Gryllidae (Crickets)
Oecanthinae
Neoxabea bipunctata
Oecanthus niveus
Oecanthus argentinus
Oecanthus quadripunctatus
Gryllinae
Gryllus pennsylvanicus
Nemobiinae
Allonemobius fasciatus
Eunemobius carolinus
Acrididae (Grasshoppers)
Cyrtacanthacridinae
Melanoplus differentialis
Melanoplus bivittatus
Melanoplus femurrubrum
Melanoplus confusus
Oedipodinae
Dissosteira carolina
Gomphocerinae
Chloealtis conspersa
Dichromorpha viridis
Chorthippus curtipennis
Tetrigidae (Pygmy Grasshoppers)
Tetrigidae sp.
Raphidophoridae (Camel Crickets)
Rhaphidophoridae sp.
Total Species: 29