Need to identify a
grasshopper in the Western U.S? Well now there’s an app for that.
The ITP team
(USDA/APHIS) has released a new Lucid Mobile app, Grasshoppers of the
Western U.S. The app was developed with the cooperation of Australia's
Identic team based on ITP's recently released web-based tool, Grasshoppers
of the Western U.S., Edition 4.
Grasshoppers of the
Western U.S. app has 'keys' to
identify grasshoppers in adult and pre-adult stages. The keys setup to be user
friendly for citizen scientists to expert entomologists.
76 species of adult
grasshoppers are identifiable in the family Acrididae and one in the family of
Romaleidae.
Grasshoppers of the
Western U.S. Lucid Mobile app is available at no cost for the iPhone, iPad, and
Android mobile devices.
View ITP apps at the
following sites.
