Species group · Insects
Grasshoppers
WAnimals has 2 species of grasshopper, spread across 2 families (Acrididae, Tettigoniidae).
- 2 species
- 2 families
- 45 countries
- 182 parks
- Length
- 2.5 cm – 4.2 cm
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of grasshoppers on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 45 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
- Abruzzo, Lazio y Molise2 species
- Aggtelek2 species
- Aiako Harria2 species
- Aiguestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici2 species
- Aizkorri-Aratz2 species
- Alta Murgia2 species
- Alto Veluwe (Hoge Veluwe)2 species
- Aralar2 species
- Armañón2 species
- Aspromonte2 species
- Balaton-felvidék2 species
- Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)2 species
Did you know…
It stridulates by rubbing a row of tiny pegs on the inside of the hind femur against the edge of the wing, a different mechanism from that of crickets, which rub their two wings together.
From Field Grasshopper
Each grasshopper species has a song of its own, and many can be told apart reliably only by listening to them rather than looking at them.
From Field Grasshopper
Its colouring depends in part on the substrate the nymph grows up on, so that individuals of very different appearance live side by side in the same meadow.
From Field Grasshopper
Its ears are on the tibiae of the front legs, in the form of two slits leading to tympanic membranes.
Despite looking like a peaceable herbivore, it hunts caterpillars, flies and other insects, and can bite hard if held.
The female carries a long, sabre-shaped ovipositor with which she inserts the eggs into the soil, and which is often mistaken for a sting.