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Painted Meadow Grasshopper
Chimarocephala pacifica
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
trailside grasshopperLactista gibbosus
Mendocino Green-striped GrasshopperChortophaga mendocino
Green-striped GrasshopperChortophaga viridifasciata
Gray Dragon LubberDracotettix monstrosus
Pallid-winged GrasshopperTrimerotropis pallidipennis
Clear-winged GrasshopperCamnula pellucida
Gray Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca nitens
California Orange-winged GrasshopperArphia ramona
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,509 |
|---|---|
| California | 1,443 |
| Nevada | 66 |
| Mexico | 13 |
| Baja California | 13 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera |
| Family | Short-horned Grasshoppers · Acrididae |
| Genus | Chimarocephala |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Painted Meadow Grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.