Life … Animals Arthropods Insects Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Locusts Shorthorned Grasshoppers Calliptamus Italian Locust species 13,462 observations Italian Locust Calliptamus italicus Field notes Supported by All 21 native plantssupport it in the US Food plants Plants it feeds on Spotted Spurge, Canada Hawkweed, Foxtail Barley, Prostrate Sandmat 21 Close