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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Locusts
  6. Shorthorned Grasshoppers
  7. Bird Grasshoppers

subfamily

Bird Grasshoppers

Cyrtacanthacridinae

Includes
13 native 1 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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  • Cyrtacanthacridini 13 native
  • Tree Locusts

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native bird grasshoppers All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Gray Bird Grasshopper Schistocerca nitens 35,533 observations
  • Obscure Bird Grasshopper Schistocerca obscura 21,695 observations
  • American Bird Grasshopper Schistocerca americana 19,019 observations
  • Spotted Bird Grasshopper Schistocerca lineata 5,397 observations
  • Mischievous Bird Grasshopper Schistocerca damnifica 4,392 observations
  • Green Bird Grasshopper Schistocerca shoshone 2,612 observations
  • Rosemary Grasshopper Schistocerca ceratiola 86 observations

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