Snakeweed Grasshopper
Hesperotettix viridis
Observed in oak-juniper-pinyon habitat northeast of Globe, Gila Co., Arizona, USA. 30 July 2017.
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Broom Snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae), a small shrub with numerous yellow flowers, becomes abundant on overgrazed rangelands. Compounds in the foliage are toxic to cattle and the animals avoid it. These grasshoppers feed especially on snakeweed, can detoxify the poison, and thrive.
Broom Snakeweed
