Three Mosquito Pools Test 'Positive' for WNV; Frisco to Spray Saturday, Sunday Nights. (August 12, 2016) The City of Frisco will spray for mosquitoes August 13 and 14 after receiving confirmation three additional mosquito pools tested âpositiveâ for West Nile virus (WNV). Read on...
Grasshoppers have large compound eyes and and have a board field of vision. Mouthparts-Mouthparts have evolved for special needs for different insects. They can chew, suck, pierce, lap, and sponge-up their food. Grasshopper has the most primitive type of mouthparts for chewing.
Melanoplus is a large genus of grasshoppers. They are the typical large grasshoppers (and in some cases migratory locusts) in North America. A common name is spur-throat grasshoppers (also spurthroat or spur-throated grasshoppers), but this more typically refers to members of the related subfamily Catantopinae.