Insects › Short-horned Grasshoppers
Obscure Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca obscura
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
Spotted Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca lineata
Leather-colored Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca alutacea
American Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca americana
Green Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca shoshone
White-lined Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca albolineata
Gray Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca nitens
Mischievous Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca damnifica
Differential GrasshopperMelanoplus differentialis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 14,844 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 10,580 |
| Oklahoma | 1,023 |
| North Carolina | 972 |
| Louisiana | 816 |
| Kansas | 797 |
| Georgia | 664 |
| Alabama | 572 |
| South Carolina | 512 |
| Missouri | 438 |
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 | Bird Grasshoppers · Schistocerca |
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 Obscure Bird Grasshopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.