Insects › Short-horned Grasshoppers
trailside grasshopper
Lactista gibbosus
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
Carolina GrasshopperDissosteira carolina
Fontana GrasshopperTrimerotropis fontana
Pallid-winged GrasshopperTrimerotropis pallidipennis
Painted Meadow GrasshopperChimarocephala pacifica
Crackling Forest GrasshopperTrimerotropis verruculata
Speckle-winged Rangeland GrasshopperArphia conspersa
California Orange-winged GrasshopperArphia ramona
California Sulphur-winged GrasshopperArphia behrensi
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,142 |
|---|---|
| California | 1,096 |
| Arizona | 69 |
| Mexico | 15 |
| Baja California | 7 |
| Baja California Sur | 7 |
| Colorado | 1 |
| Sinaloa | 1 |
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 | Lactista |
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 trailside grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.