Two-striped Grasshoppers – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Two-striped Grasshopper Photographed on Showy Milkweed

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-16T04:13:57-05:00August 10th, 2019|Categories: Summit County, Two-striped Grasshoppers, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: Asclepias speciosa, blooming, grasshopper, grasshoppers, Melanoplus bivittatus, milkweed, milkweeds, pink wildflowers, Showy Milkweed, Two-striped Grasshopper, wildflowers|

I researched Utah's grasshoppers and found out that this is a Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus) and even though I may have seen this species of grasshopper before it is a photographic lifer for me.