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Rattle Grasshopper

Psophus stridulus

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 343, February 253, March 397, April 624, May 900, June 982, July 1,051, August 903, September 663, October 495, November 271, December 211.
United States7,094
Alaska7,094
Russia383
France353
Austria348
Germany208
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur148
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes142
Bayern140
Switzerland109

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
GenusPsophus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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