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Ebony grasshopper

Boopedon nubilum
Eats: PlantsGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The ebony grasshopper is a grasshopper from North and Central America. Ebony is a very dark wood, and its name hints at dark colours. It has a slanting face, like it is always looking up a little.

Lives in
North and Central America, in grassy plains
Top speed
about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting people.
What does it eat?
Like other grasshoppers, it eats grass and other plants.
For real!Photo of Ebony grasshopper
Picture by xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

It belongs to the slant-faced grasshoppers, whose faces lean backwards.

2

One of its other names is black-males grasshopper, because of its dark males.

3

Scientists split it into two subspecies that look a little different.

you asked

Most asked questions about Ebony grasshopper

?What does the ebony grasshopper eat?

Grass and other plants, like most grasshoppers.

?Is the ebony grasshopper dangerous?

No. It is harmless to people.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Boopedon nubilum
Named by
Say, 1825
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Acrididae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
Lives on
North America
Also known as
Black-males grasshopper, Plains boopie

Where the facts come from

  1. Boopedon nubilum (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 xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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