Claim · model-written summary
Melanoplus cuneatus crops contained chiefly forbs at 88–100% of dry weight.
Verbatim
e0“Examination of crop contents of three species of grasshoppers”
e2“Crops of nymphs and adults of both Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius) and M . cuneatus Scudder contained chiefly forbs (88–100% of dry weight)”
Title
DIETS OF THREE COMMON GRASSHOPPERS (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE) INHABITING DESERT GRASSLAND
R. E. Pfadt; J. A. Lockwood; T. M. Foppe The Canadian Entomologist 1988. doi:10.4039/ent120415-5
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Nymphal and adult Aulocara elliotti crops contained 67 and 93% dry weight of grass.
- Observation Melanoplus sanguinipes crops contained chiefly forbs at 88–100% of dry weight.
- Observation Bouteloua gracilis was the preferred host plant of Aulocara elliotti but not an essential food item.
- Observation All three grasshopper species had significantly different frequencies of plant taxa in their crop contents from the field.