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Common digging grasshopper

Acrotylus insubricus
Eats: PlantsGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The common digging grasshopper is a grasshopper with strong back legs for big jumps. It lives on three continents: Europe, Africa and Asia. When it flies, you can see its hidden back wings.

Lives in
Europe, Africa and Asia
Top speed
about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It would rather jump away than meet you.
What does it eat?
Like other grasshoppers, it eats plants.
For real!Photo of Common digging 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

It belongs to the band-winged grasshoppers, a group known for back wings with coloured bands that show when they fly.

2

Scientists split it into three subspecies, which are slightly different groups living in different places.

3

It was first described by the scientist Giovanni Scopoli in 1786.

you asked

Most asked questions about Common digging grasshopper

?What does the common digging grasshopper eat?

Like other grasshoppers, it eats plants.

?Where does the common digging grasshopper live?

It lives in Europe, Africa and Asia.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Acrotylus insubricus
Named by
Scopoli, 1786
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Acrididae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
Lives on
Europe, Africa, Asia

Where the facts come from

  1. Acrotylus insubricus (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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