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Short-winged green grasshopper

Dichromorpha viridis
Eats: PlantsGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The short-winged green grasshopper is a common grasshopper in North America. Its face slants backwards like a ramp. The males are mostly green, but the females are usually brown and much bigger.

Lives in
North America, in grassy meadows and fields
Length
1.4 to 3 cm (0.55 to 1.2 in)
Top speed
about 9.3 km/h (5.8 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other grasshoppers of meadows, it eats grass.
For real!Photo of Short-winged green grasshopper
Picture by JeffreyGammon. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How big is it?

How long is it?

Short-winged green grasshopper about 3 cm long (1.2 in)A grain of rice about 6 mm (0.24 in)A toy building brick about 3.2 cm (1.3 in)A crayon about 9 cm (3.5 in)
as long as 5 grains of rice in a rowcould run across a dinner table in 0.4 secondsmoves 86 times its own body length every second

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Fun facts

1

Males are about 14 to 22 millimetres long.

2

Females are about 23 to 30 millimetres long, so they can be much bigger than the males.

3

It belongs to the slant-faced grasshoppers, which have a sloping face.

you asked

Most asked questions about Short-winged green grasshopper

?Is the short-winged green grasshopper dangerous?

No. It is a harmless grasshopper.

?Why are some short-winged green grasshoppers brown?

Because the females are usually brown. Only the males are mostly green.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Dichromorpha viridis
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Acrididae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
Lives on
North America

Where the facts come from

  1. Dichromorpha viridis (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 JeffreyGammon. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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