Insects › Short-horned Grasshoppers
Clear-winged Grasshopper
Camnula pellucida
28 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
Migratory GrasshopperMelanoplus sanguinipes
Two-striped GrasshopperMelanoplus bivittatus
Devastating GrasshopperMelanoplus devastator
Coral-winged GrasshopperPardalophora apiculata
Common Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Red-legged GrasshopperMelanoplus femurrubrum
Red-shanked GrasshopperXanthippus corallipes
Carolina GrasshopperDissosteira carolina
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 12,211 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 5,028 |
| Colorado | 2,689 |
| Ontario | 2,220 |
| Michigan | 1,833 |
| California | 1,646 |
| British Columbia | 1,001 |
| Alaska | 779 |
| Utah | 645 |
| Oregon | 536 |
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 | Camnula |
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 Clear-winged Grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.