Mediterranean slant-faced grasshopper
Acrida ungarica
The Mediterranean slant-faced grasshopper is a long, thin grasshopper with a pointed, cone shaped head. Its face slopes back, which gives it a funny long nose look. It hides well among tall grasses.
Lives in
Southern and central Europe, in grassy places
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot sting and does not hurt people.
What does it eat?
Like other grasshoppers, it eats grasses and other plants.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Mediterranean slant-faced 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
It is also called the nosed grasshopper because of its pointy head.
2
There are two kinds of it, one of them living around the Mediterranean.
3
Like other grasshoppers, it can jump far with its long back legs.
you asked
Most asked questions about Mediterranean slant-faced grasshopper
?Why is it called slant-faced?
Its face slopes backwards into a pointed cone shaped head.
?Is the Mediterranean slant-faced grasshopper dangerous?
No. It is harmless.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Acrida ungarica
- Named by
- Herbst, 1786
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Acrididae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
- Lives on
- Europe
- Also known as
- Cone-headed grasshopper, Nosed grasshopper
Where the facts come from
- Acrida ungarica (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 Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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