Although locally distributed, the mottled sand grasshopper has a wide geographic range in North America. Its preferred habitat consists of sandy soil covered by sparse grasses and forbs. In the West ...
The Appalachian grasshopper lives in a very specific environment – young open forests with tall grasses and shrubs. Unfortunately, as Virginia's forests grow older, the type of habitat they like ...
A petite, flightless grasshopper once thought to be extinct has been spotted in Virginia for the first time in nearly 80 years. The last time anyone officially documented the Appalachian ...
The last time anyone in the state had officially documented the Appalachian grasshopper was in 1946, and the species was once thought to be extinct Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Field zoologist ...