#4167 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Differential Grasshopper

Melanoplus differentialis

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Victor W Fazio III · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Shawn Goodchild · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Dennis White · CC0
4. © Brian Gratwicke · CC BY 4.0
5. © Carolyn Gritzmaker · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © lauren w. · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Branson Khounvichith · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The differential grasshopper ( Melanoplus differentialis ) is a species of grasshopper belonging to the genus Melanoplus found throughout northern Mexico, central United States and southern Ontario, Canada. It is considered a pest in most of its range.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 66,987iNaturalist 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.
66,987 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Cyrus Thomas in 1865 (161 years ago).