Insects › Short-horned Grasshoppers
Showy Grasshopper
Hesperotettix speciosus
26 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
Snakeweed GrasshopperHesperotettix viridis
Short-winged Green GrasshopperDichromorpha viridis
Green-striped GrasshopperChortophaga viridifasciata
Obscure Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca obscura
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 2,122 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 1,085 |
| Oklahoma | 460 |
| Colorado | 317 |
| Nebraska | 103 |
| Kansas | 50 |
| South Dakota | 44 |
| New Mexico | 24 |
| Missouri | 11 |
| Alabama | 8 |
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 | Hesperotettix |
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 Showy Grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.