#4124 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Egyptian Bird Grasshopper
🇳🇱 Egyptische treksprinkhaan ·Anacridium aegyptium
📍 Città Metropolitana di Milano, Italia
📍 Skradin, Skradin, County of Sibenik-Knin, HR
📍 Rue Georges Guynemer, Cluses, Rhône-Alpes, FR
📍 33057 Palmanova UD, Italia
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Tassos Sakoulis · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © andreafi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Città Metropolitana di Milano, Italia:© Maria Rita Gelso · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Skradin, Skradin, County of Sibenik-Knin, HR:© ryanheilemann · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Rue Georges Guynemer, Cluses, Rhône-Alpes, FR:© francoisemathieu · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 33057 Palmanova UD, Italia:© Franco Venier · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Anacridium aegyptium , the 'Egyptian Locust', is a species belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 37,129 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1764 (262 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Egyptian Bird Grasshopper
- Nederlands
- Egyptische treksprinkhaan
- scientific name
- Anacridium aegyptium
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Orthoptera
- family
- Acrididae
- sightings in NL
- 1
- sightings in Europe
- 31,305
- sightings worldwide
- 37,129
- GBIF records in NL
- 63
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1764
relatives· Acrididae
#3960 📷 7Blue-winged Grasshopper
🇳🇱 Blauwvleugelsprinkhaan
Oedipoda caerulescens
LC 👀 400 in NL
#3965 📷 10Mottled Grasshopper
🇳🇱 Knopsprietje
Myrmeleotettix maculatus
👀 354 in NL
#3967 📷 10Common Field Grasshopper
🇳🇱 Bruine sprinkhaan
Chorthippus brunneus
LC 👀 351 in NL
#3980 📷 10Large Marsh Grasshopper
🇳🇱 Moerassprinkhaan
Stethophyma grossum
👀 255 in NL
#3982 📷 9Meadow Grasshopper
🇳🇱 Krasser
Pseudochorthippus parallelus
👀 242 in NL
#3992 📷 10Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
🇳🇱 Kustsprinkhaan
Chorthippus albomarginatus
👀 191 in NL
#4058 📷 7Bow-winged Grasshopper
🇳🇱 Ratelaar
Chorthippus biguttulus
👀 53 in NL
#4059 📷 10Common Green Grasshopper
🇳🇱 Wekkertje
Omocestus viridulus
👀 52 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 132892, Wikidata Q253982, GBIF 1702101, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.