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Scudder's short-winged grasshopper

Melanoplus scudderi
Eats: PlantsGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

Scudder's short-winged grasshopper is a North American grasshopper with short wings. Like other spur-throated grasshoppers, it has a little peg under its chin, between the front legs. It jumps through grassy places on its strong back legs.

Lives in
North America, in grassy places
Top speed
about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other grasshoppers, it munches on leaves and grasses.
For real!Photo of Scudder's short-winged grasshopper
Picture by Judy Gallagher. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

Scientists split it into three subspecies, slightly different groups of the same grasshopper.

2

Spur-throated grasshoppers get their name from the little spur under their throat.

3

It belongs to the short-horned grasshoppers, which have short feelers.

you asked

Most asked questions about Scudder's short-winged grasshopper

?Where does Scudder's short-winged grasshopper live?

In North America.

?What does Scudder's short-winged grasshopper eat?

Leaves and grasses, like most grasshoppers.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Melanoplus scudderi
Named by
Uhler, 1864
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Acrididae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
Lives on
North America
Also known as
Scudder's short-wing grasshopper

Where the facts come from

  1. Melanoplus scudderi (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 Judy Gallagher. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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