Mediterranean groundhopper
Paratettix meridionalis
The Mediterranean groundhopper is a small cousin of the grasshoppers. It lives around the Mediterranean Sea, from southern Europe to North Africa. Groundhoppers are good jumpers that stay close to the ground.
Lives in
Southern Europe, North Africa and Arabia, and also found in Mexico
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Groundhoppers like it nibble on tiny plants such as moss and algae.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Mediterranean groundhopper about 8 km/h (5 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is the first species that its genus was named from, like the main example of the group.
2
It has been found as far away as Mexico.
3
Scientists do not divide it into any subspecies.
you asked
Most asked questions about Mediterranean groundhopper
?Is the Mediterranean groundhopper a grasshopper?
Not quite. It is a groundhopper, a small cousin of the grasshoppers.
?Where does the Mediterranean groundhopper live?
In southern Europe, North Africa and Arabia, and it has also been found in Mexico.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Paratettix meridionalis
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Tetrigidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Tetrigidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Paratettix meridionalis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Gilles San Martin. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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