Leek grasshopper
Mecostethus parapleurus
The leek grasshopper is a grasshopper that lives in Europe and Asia. It belongs to the band-winged grasshoppers. Like all grasshoppers, it has strong back legs for big jumps.
Lives in
Europe and Asia
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting people.
What does it eat?
Like other grasshoppers, it munches on plants.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Leek 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 belongs to the band-winged grasshoppers.
2
There are two kinds of it. One of them is called the green leek grasshopper.
3
Scientists first described it more than 200 years ago, in 1822.
you asked
Most asked questions about Leek grasshopper
?Is the leek grasshopper dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people.
?Where does the leek grasshopper live?
In Europe and Asia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Mecostethus parapleurus
- Named by
- Hagenbach, 1822
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Acrididae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
- Also known as
- Green leek grasshopper
Where the facts come from
- Mecostethus parapleurus (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 from Namur, Belgium. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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