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Heath Grasshopper

Chorthippus vagans

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 69, February 51, March 79, April 125, May 180, June 196, July 210, August 181, September 133, October 99, November 54, December 42.
United States1,419
Alaska1,419
France371
Portugal228
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur162
Poland152
Germany106
Occitanie102
Spain94
Czechia73

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyShort-horned Grasshoppers · Acrididae
GenusEurasian Field Grasshoppers · Chorthippus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Heath Grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.