Grasshopper is a kind of primary pests damaged to a wide rangeland region in the west of China. According to its ecological features
classifying habitat types of grasshopper using remotely sensed is an important research project. The result is very important for rangeland management. For Qinghai Lake region
we applied the Landsat TM images
auxiliary geographical data including DEM
the specific map of rangeland types ect
and GPS Located field data. From the monolithic view point of image processing
geographical data and specialist knowledge
the grasshopper habitat was classitied by applying the methods based on knowledge. The classification accuracy is 84.23%. And three kinds of rengelard: Stipa krylovii
Achnatherum splendens
Stipa purpurea belong to frequently occurred site of grasshopper which take up 29.09% of whole research area. This result provides a basis for scientific management of rangeland pests.