genus
Bird Grasshoppers
Schistocerca
Field notes
Schistocerca is a genus of grasshoppers, commonly called bird grasshoppers, many of which swarm as locusts. The best known species is probably the desert locust (S. gregaria), and trans-Atlantic flight may explain the biogeography of some locust species.
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Range
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.
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Gray Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca nitens
35,533 observations
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Obscure Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca obscura
21,695 observations
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American Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca americana
19,019 observations
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Spotted Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca lineata
5,397 observations
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Mischievous Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca damnifica
4,392 observations
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Green Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca shoshone
2,612 observations
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Rosemary Grasshopper
Schistocerca ceratiola
86 observations