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Long-headed toothpick grasshopper

Achurum carinatum
Eats: PlantsGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

This grasshopper is long and thin, just like a toothpick. It has a slanted face and flat feelers. It looks so much like a blade of grass that it is really hard to spot.

Lives in
The southeastern United States, in grassy places
Top speed
about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not sting and would rather hide in the grass.
What does it eat?
Like its grasshopper cousins, it eats plants.
For real!Photo of Long-headed toothpick grasshopper
Picture by Sesamehoneytart. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

It cannot fly, because its wings are very short.

2

It hides by looking just like the grass around it.

3

Not all of them look the same. Some have green or even black spots.

you asked

Most asked questions about Long-headed toothpick grasshopper

?Can the toothpick grasshopper fly?

No. Its wings are too short, so it walks and hops instead.

?Where does the toothpick grasshopper live?

In the southeastern United States, among grasses where it can hide.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Achurum carinatum
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Acrididae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
Lives on
North America
Also known as
Longheaded toothpick grasshopper

Where the facts come from

  1. Achurum carinatum (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 Sesamehoneytart. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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