#4179 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Green-striped Grasshopper
Chortophaga viridifasciata
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Anthony Zukoff · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © OakleyOriginals · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Joe Bartok · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋） · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Kimberlie Sasan · CC BY-ND 4.0
- 6. © Doug Grinbergs · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Sam Heck · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © A. Jaszlics · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Kimberlie Sasan · CC BY-ND 4.0
- 10. © xpda · CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Chortophaga viridifasciata , the green-striped grasshopper , is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America, ranging from British Columbia to the Gulf of Mexico (mostly east of the Rocky Mountains), south to Costa Rica.
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
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 34,728 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Green-striped Grasshopper
- scientific name
- Chortophaga viridifasciata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Orthoptera
- family
- Acrididae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 34,728
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
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 126600, Wikidata Q10451468, GBIF 1711777, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.