| Duck
(1944) documented the bionomics of S. obscura after the
grasshopper outbreak in Oklahoma.
It prefers to feed on woody plants such as American elm and
cotton. The species has five nymphal instars, and emerges as an adult
approximately 50 days after hatching.
Populations in central and south Texas are commonly associated
with hackberry, Celtis laevigata (Ulmaceae) (Chapman and Sword,
unpublished data). Its
preferred habitat is fields and open woodlands (Capinera et al. 2001).
Emerging adults were collected in August in Florida (personal
observation). |
