#4173 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Two-striped Grasshopper

Melanoplus bivittatus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Steven Mlodinow · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Léo-Guy de Repentigny · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Steven Mlodinow · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jeremy Collison · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © judywelna · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Kyle Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Steven Mlodinow · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Martin R. Lucas · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Melanoplus bivittatus , the two-striped grasshopper , is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae. It is commonly found in North America, and is especially abundant on the Canadian prairies.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 44,501iNaturalist observations

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.
44,501 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1825 (201 years ago).