The body is green with brown wing covers. The antennae are longer than the body. Distribution Southern Canada and east of the Rocky Mountains to Northern Mexico. Life Cycle Adults and nymphs are most often found among grasses near margins of streams, lakes, ditches, and in rice fields. It is not known if species taken in rice use the plants or soil on levees for oviposition sites.
Several generations are possible.
Damage and Symptoms Nymphs more than adults feed on young leaves. This is not believed to cause economic damage. Adults and nymphs will feed on anthers of rice flowers and have been found with 'starchy materials', presumably from rice kernels, in the digestive system. Feeding on anthers and kernels is not believed to cause economic damage. Scouting Long-horned grasshoppers can be sampled with a standard sweep net.