Grasshoppers of Nebraska

Biology and Management of Grasshoppers in Nebraska.

Current News Releases and Articles

: Time to Scout Field Borders for Grasshoppers; Grasshoppers in Crops 8-9-16; Current Grasshopper Information from APHIS

Identification, Biology and Management

: The Grasshoppers of Nebraska
Color plates, species descriptions, coverage maps and more; USDA-ARS Grasshoppers: Their Biology, Identification, and Management; Grasshopper IPM User Handbook, USDA-APHIS; CARMA: CAse-based Range Management Adviser; List of Important Grasshopper Pest Species in Nebraska; Grasshopper Identification Guides (University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Circulars)

Information from USDA-APHIS, USDA-NRCS

: Grasshoppers; Rangeland Grasshopper Hazard Map 2016 (USDA-APHIS); Rangeland Grasshopper Hazard Map 2017 (USDA-APHIS); Rangeland Grasshopper Hazard Map 2018 (USDA-APHIS; Rangeland Grasshopper Hazard Map 2019 (USDA-APHIS); Distribution Maps of Threatened/Endangered Species (US-FWS)

Drought-Related Web Sites

: National Drought Mitigation Center; Drought Monitor Map (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Specialists to Contact in Nebraska

Bandwinged Grasshoppers in Rangeland

Breaking Entomological News...

Dr. Louise Lynch-O'Brien introduces a new citizen science project - Tick Tag Go
Dr. Jeff Bradshaw was selected to be the editor of the "Field and Bench" department of the American Entomologist
Dr. Kyle Koch named new insect diagnostician
Dr. Judy Wu-Smart receives a Patriot Award from the Nebraska National Guard.
Scientific Illustration course projects become an art exhibit
Dr. Joe Louis is granted a five-year, $1.5 million Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation to study sorghum plant resistance to sugarcane aphid
Check out the Emerald Ash Borer Resource Center, and our Emerald Ash Borer Look-Alike Insects Sheet - Be Sure Before You Treat!