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Long-headed Toothpick Grasshopper
Achurum carinatum
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
Cattail Toothpick GrasshopperLeptysma marginicollis
Southern Two-striped WalkingstickAnisomorpha buprestoides
Sumichrast Toothpick GrasshopperAchurum sumichrasti
Mediterranean Slant-faced GrasshopperAcrida ungarica
Giant Green SlantfaceAcrida conica
Lively MermiriaMermiria picta
Bunch Grass LocustPseudopomala brachyptera
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 3,336 |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 372 |
| Alabama | 164 |
| Mississippi | 102 |
| South Carolina | 51 |
| Louisiana | 45 |
| North Carolina | 26 |
| South Dakota | 5 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
| Nebraska | 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 | Achurum |
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 Long-headed Toothpick Grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.