#4178 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Red-legged Grasshopper

Melanoplus femurrubrum

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Terra · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © mefisher · CC0
4. © LittlePerson10 · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © David Andreas de Rivera Tønnessen · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Cherry County, NE, USA:© Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Capulin Volcano National Monument, Folsom, NM, US:© Jared Shorma · CC BY 4.0
8. Eufaula, AL, USA:© John Trent · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Logan County, US-KS, US:© Robert Webster · CC BY-SA 4.0
10. Blandy Experimental Farm, 400 Blandy Farm Ln, Boyce, VA 22620, USA:© peggyo · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The red-legged grasshopper ( Melanoplus femurrubrum ) is a species of grasshopper belonging to the genus Melanoplus . It is one of the most common grasshoppers found in Mexico, the United States, and Canada. This grasshopper is frequently used as a model organism in scientific studies, due to their abundance throughout North America and behavioral response to changes in climate.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 35,044iNaturalist 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.
35,044 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles De Geer in 1773 (253 years ago).