suborder
Grasshoppers, Locusts, and Allies
Caelifera
Field notes
The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and grasshopper-like insects, as well as other superfamilies classified with them: the ground-hoppers (Tetrigoidea) and pygmy mole crickets (Tridactyloidea). The latter should not be confused with the mole crickets (Gryllotalpidae), which belong to the other Orthopteran suborder Ensifera.
The name of this suborder comes from Latin meaning chisel-bearing ("chisel" in Latin: caelum), referring to the "stout" shape of its species' ovipositors.
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native grasshoppers, locusts, and allies All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Differential Grasshopper
Melanoplus differentialis
60,526 observations
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Two-striped Grasshopper
Melanoplus bivittatus
42,384 observations
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Carolina Grasshopper
Dissosteira carolina
41,837 observations
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Gray Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca nitens
35,533 observations
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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
Romalea microptera
33,559 observations
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Green-striped Grasshopper
Chortophaga viridifasciata
33,462 observations
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Pallid-winged Grasshopper
Trimerotropis pallidipennis
30,578 observations
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Red-legged Grasshopper
Melanoplus femurrubrum
29,826 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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Migratory Grasshopper
Melanoplus sanguinipes
9,308 observations
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Crackling Forest Grasshopper
Trimerotropis verruculata
7,643 observations
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Large Marsh Grasshopper
Stethophyma grossum
7,160 observations
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Admirable Grasshopper
Syrbula admirabilis
7,059 observations
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Plains Lubber Grasshopper
Brachystola magna
6,575 observations