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Tricolor grasshopper

Paracinema tricolor
Eats: PlantsGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The tricolor grasshopper is a band-winged grasshopper. It lives in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Like other grasshoppers, it has strong back legs for big jumps.

Lives in
Africa, Europe and the Middle East
Top speed
about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting people.
What does it eat?
Like other grasshoppers, it munches on grasses and other plants.
For real!Photo of Tricolor grasshopper
Picture by Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium. CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

Scientists split it into several kinds, called subspecies.

2

One of its kinds is known as the vlei grasshopper.

3

It was first described in 1815, more than 200 years ago.

you asked

Most asked questions about Tricolor grasshopper

?Is the tricolor grasshopper dangerous?

No. It is a grasshopper and harmless to people.

?Where does the tricolor grasshopper live?

In Africa, Europe and the Middle East.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Paracinema tricolor
Named by
Thunberg, 1815
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Acrididae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
Lives on
Africa, Europe, Asia
Also known as
Vlei grasshopper

Where the facts come from

  1. Paracinema tricolor (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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