Iberian field grasshopper
Chorthippus jacobsi
The Iberian field grasshopper lives in Spain and Portugal. It is a slant-faced grasshopper, which means its face slopes backwards. It hops through grassy fields on its long back legs.
Lives in
Spain and Portugal, in grassy fields
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other grasshoppers, it munches on grass and other green plants.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Iberian field grasshopper about 10 km/h (6.2 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 lives only on the Iberian Peninsula, the part of Europe with Spain and Portugal.
2
Slant-faced grasshoppers have a face that slopes back, like a slide.
3
In 2016 experts checked how it is doing and found it is not in danger.
you asked
Most asked questions about Iberian field grasshopper
?Where does the Iberian field grasshopper live?
Only in Spain and Portugal.
?Is the Iberian field grasshopper endangered?
No. Experts say it is of least concern, which means it is doing fine.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Chorthippus jacobsi
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Acrididae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Chorthippus jacobsi (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 no rights reserved Depicted place: 08263, Sant Mateu de Bages, Catalunya, ES ( 41°47′37″N 1°37′59″E / 41.7935°N 1.6329883333°E / 41.7935; 1.6329883333 ). CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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