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Fig. 9, note square lateral foveolae and grooved frontal costa

Fig. 10, Psoloessa delicatula egg pod and several loose eggs

Fig. 11. Diagram of the two-year life cycle of the brownspotted grasshopper, Psoloessa delicatula (Scudder) in central Saskatchewan. The species has a one-year life cycle in its southern range.

Geographic range of Psoloessa texana Scudder

Fig. 1, first instar

Fig. 2, second instar

Fig. 3, adult male: BL 15-18 mm, FL 8-10 mm, AS 21-23

Fig. 4, adult female: BL 17-22 mm, FL 9-14 mm, AS 21-24

Fig. 5, dorsal view of pronotum

Geographic range of Schistocerca americana (Drury)

Geographic range of Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure)

Geographic range of Schistocerca lineata (Scudder)

Geographic range of Schistocerca nitens (Thunberg)

Geographic range of Schistocerca obscura (Fabricius)

Fig. 1, S. damnifica showing the light dorsal stripe typical of adult Schistocerca

Fig. 2, elongate mesosternal lobe found in Schistocerca

Fig. 3, male S. americana, note the white stripes on the head, pronotum, and forewings

Fig. 4, female S. americana

Fig. 5, female S. nitens, note the pale bar on the side of the pronotum

Fig. 6, male S. damnifica in a typical woodland-edge environment

Fig. 7, female S. damnifica, note how the abdomen extends beyond the wings

Geographic range of Spharagemon collare (Scudder)

Fig. 1, first instar: BL 4.5-5.8 mm, FL 2.6-3 mm, AS 10-11

Fig. 2, second instar: BL 3.6-4.1 mm, FL 3.6-4.1, AS 14-15

Fig. 3, third instar: BL 8.2-11 mm, FL 5.2-6.2 mm, AS 17-19

Fig. 4, fourth instar: BL 11-14.7 mm, FL 6.6-7.8 mm, AS 20-22

Fig. 5, fifth instar male: BL 15.2-15.5 mm, FL 9-9.7 mm, AS 22-23;
female: BL 17.5-21.5 mm, FL 11-12 mm, AS 23

Fig. 6, adult male: BL 21-23.5 mm, FL 12.5-14.5 mm, AS 24-25

Fig. 7, adult female: BL 24.5-27.5 mm, FL 14.7-16 mm, AS 25-26

Fig. 8, inner face of female hindleg showing general yellow color, four fuscous bands of femur, deep orange of tibia

Fig. 9, spread wings of female showing speckled tegmen and colors and dark band of hind wing

Fig. 10, egg pod and several exposed eggs