Stephen Young

Stephen Young
Country	United States of America
Organizations:	United States Department of Agriculture
Titles:	Entomologist
Focal areas:	Agriculture, Ecology, Education, Governance, Policy, Systematics, Taxonomy
Focal species:	American grasshopper (Schistocerca americana), Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera), Bombay locust (Patanga succincta), Brown locust (Locustana pardalina), Central American locust (Schistocerca piceifrons), Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria), Italian locust (Calliptamus italicus), Migratory grasshopper (Melanoplus sanguinipes), Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria), Mongolian locust (Oedaleus decorus), Moroccan locust (Dociostaurus maroccanus), Peruvian locust (Schistocerca interrita), Red locust (Nomadacris septemfasciata), Sahelian tree locust (Anacridium melanorhodon), Senegalese grasshopper (Oedaleus senegalensis), Siberian locust (Gomphocerus sibiricus), South American locust (Schistocerca cancellata), Spur-throated locust (Austracris guttulosa), Sudan plague locust (Aiolopus simulatrix), Yellow-spined bamboo locust (Ceracris kiangsu), Yellow-winged locust (Gastrimargus musicus)

Biography

Stephen Young, formerly an Orthoptera Specialist for USDA, focused on identifying and researching grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids at US Ports of Entry.