#4182 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Pallid-winged Grasshopper

Trimerotropis pallidipennis

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © James Bailey · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. De Soto, MO, US:© Chris Stahl · CC BY 4.0
3. 315th St, Persia, IA, US:© Robin Morehouse · CC BY 4.0
4. Stafford County, KS, USA:© Jared Gorrell · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Washington, US:© Gavin Slater · CC BY 4.0
6. Riverside Airport, Riverside, CA, USA:© Ian Wright · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Bison Ct, Temecula, CA, US:© seth · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. White CIty Lagoons (Medford, OR):© Ryan Shaw · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Kimble County, TX, USA:© Jeremy Collison · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Phoenix, Arizona, United States:© Patrick Coin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The pallid-winged grasshopper ( Trimerotropis pallidipennis ) is a common grasshopper of the family Acrididae, native to the deserts of western North America from British Columbia to Argentina. They are more active during the summer months, and their pale, mottled coloration makes them hard to see against surfaces such as the granite often found in the gravel of dry river beds. 5 in). The behavior of the pallid-winged grasshopper is apparently determined by...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 31,566iNaturalist 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.
31,566 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1838 (188 years ago).