Little clown grasshopper
Pirithoicus ophthalmicus
The little clown grasshopper is a grasshopper that lives only in southern India. It has strong back legs for jumping, like all grasshoppers. With a funny name like that, it is easy to remember.
Lives in
Southern India
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting people.
What does it eat?
Like other grasshoppers, it eats leaves and other plants.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Little clown grasshopper about 8 km/h (5 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 is the only species in its genus, so it has no close sisters.
2
Scientists once thought there was a second kind, but it turned out to be the same grasshopper.
3
It belongs to the lubber grasshopper family.
you asked
Most asked questions about Little clown grasshopper
?Where does the little clown grasshopper live?
Only in southern India.
?Is the little clown grasshopper dangerous?
No. It is a harmless plant eater.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pirithoicus ophthalmicus
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Romaleidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Romaleidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Pirithoicus (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 Shyamal L.. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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