#4070 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Cepero's Groundhopper
🇳🇱 Zanddoorntje ·Tetrix ceperoi
📍 Voorschoten, Nederland
📍 Drunen, Netherlands
📍 Breda West, Breda, Nederland
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 Anna Paulowna, Nederland
📍 Alkmaar, Nederland
📍 5106 NS Dongen, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Julien Preud'homme · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Drunen, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Breda West, Breda, Nederland:© Jurriën de Vries · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Anna Paulowna, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 5106 NS Dongen, Nederland:© johnvangestel · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Tetrix ceperoi , commonly named Cepero's groundhopper , is a member of the Tetrigidae family and is very similar to common grasshoppers. Grasshopper is defined as a "plant eating insect with long hind legs that are used for jumping and for producing a chirping sound". However, unlike the common grasshopper, the wings of T. ceperoi extend beyond its pronotum (the upper surface of the first segment of the thorax). The front wings have evolved throughout history to be...
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 41 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 603 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Ignacio Bolívar in 1887 (139 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Cepero's Groundhopper
- Nederlands
- Zanddoorntje
- scientific name
- Tetrix ceperoi
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Orthoptera
- family
- Tetrigidae
- sightings in NL
- 41
- sightings in Europe
- 394
- sightings worldwide
- 603
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,689
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1887 by Ignacio Bolívar
relatives· Tetrigidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 362303, Wikidata Q2544185, GBIF 1681054, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.