Insects › Short-horned Grasshoppers
Ridgeback Grasshopper
Spharagemon cristatum
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
Seaside GrasshopperTrimerotropis maritima
Pallid-winged GrasshopperTrimerotropis pallidipennis
Carolina GrasshopperDissosteira carolina
Mottled Sand GrasshopperSpharagemon collare
Green-striped GrasshopperChortophaga viridifasciata
Marbled GrasshopperSpharagemon marmoratum
Wrinkled GrasshopperHippiscus ocelote
Southern Green-striped GrasshopperChortophaga australior
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 974 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 393 |
| Oklahoma | 107 |
| Georgia | 85 |
| South Carolina | 57 |
| Alabama | 29 |
| North Carolina | 26 |
| New Mexico | 21 |
| Mississippi | 20 |
| Louisiana | 19 |
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 | Spharagemon |
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 Ridgeback Grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.