Insects › Short-horned Grasshoppers
Differential Grasshopper
Melanoplus differentialis
28 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
Two-striped GrasshopperMelanoplus bivittatus
Red-legged GrasshopperMelanoplus femurrubrum
Ponderous Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus ponderosus
American Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca americana
Spotted Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca lineata
Migratory GrasshopperMelanoplus sanguinipes
Gray Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca nitens
Pine tree Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus punctulatus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 50,960 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 13,593 |
| Canada | 4,580 |
| Ontario | 4,579 |
| Illinois | 2,925 |
| Ohio | 2,603 |
| Pennsylvania | 2,339 |
| Minnesota | 2,143 |
| Oklahoma | 2,126 |
| Maryland | 1,997 |
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 | North American Spur-throated Grasshoppers · Melanoplus |
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 Differential Grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.