two striped grasshopper & x28;melanoplus bivittatus& x29; resting on plants western usa

abundant adult adults alight alive animal animals antennae arthropod arthropoda arthropods associates bivittatus bloom blooming blooms blossom blossoms brown bug bugs chain chains chevron chevrons chitin close closeup colorful common consumer consuming creature creatures critter critters crop crops cycle cycles dembinsky eating ecosystem ecosystems enlarged environment environments exoskeleton farm farmland farmlands farms fauna feed feeding field fields flora flower flowering flowers food grasshopper grasshoppers green habitat habitats herbivore herbivores hoppers melanoplus plants resting striped western