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Wingless mountain grasshopper

Booneacris glacialis
Eats: PlantsGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The wingless mountain grasshopper is a grasshopper from North America that has no wings. It cannot fly, so it gets around by hopping. It has strong back legs, just like other grasshoppers.

Lives in
North America
Top speed
about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite people or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other grasshoppers, it chews on leaves and plants.
For real!Photo of Wingless mountain grasshopper
Picture by Will Kuhn. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

Without wings, it cannot fly. It hops and walks everywhere.

2

It is a spur-throated grasshopper. These have a little peg on the throat, between the front legs.

3

There are three slightly different forms of it in different places.

you asked

Most asked questions about Wingless mountain grasshopper

?Can the wingless mountain grasshopper fly?

No. It has no wings, so it hops and walks instead.

?Is the wingless mountain grasshopper dangerous?

No. It is a harmless grasshopper.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Booneacris glacialis
Named by
Scudder, 1863
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Acrididae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
Lives on
North America

Where the facts come from

  1. Booneacris glacialis (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 Will Kuhn. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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