Barbary grasshopper
Calliptamus barbarus
The Barbary grasshopper is a short-horned grasshopper. That means its feelers are short, not long like a cricket's. It jumps away on its strong back legs when you come near.
Lives in
Southern Europe, North Africa and Asia
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot sting and only wants to hop away.
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)
Barbary 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
There are four kinds of this grasshopper, and one of them comes from the land around Palestine.
2
Its big back legs work like springs and help it jump far.
3
Its name Barbary comes from an old name for the coast of North Africa.
you asked
Most asked questions about Barbary grasshopper
?Is the Barbary grasshopper dangerous?
No. It is harmless and just hops away.
?What does the Barbary grasshopper eat?
It eats plants, like other grasshoppers.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Calliptamus barbarus
- Named by
- Costa, 1836
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Acrididae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Calliptamus barbarus (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 gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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