Best Gomphocerinae
Updated Daily
Locusta migratoria, commonly known as the migratory locust, is a grasshopper belonging to the Acrididae family. It’s notable for its capacity to form massive swarms, posing significant agricultural threats across Africa, Asia, and Australia. These swarms have been recorded for millennia, impacting h...
Locusta migratoria manilensis is the Oriental migratory locust, a subspecies of Locusta migratoria found in East and Southeast Asia, historically a major agricultural pest forming large destructive swarms.
The large marsh grasshopper (Stethophyma grossum) is a distinctive European insect originally classified by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and noted for preferring wetland habitats.
The large marsh grasshopper, the largest native grasshopper in Britain, restricted to sphagnum bogs and wet heathlands and considered a conservation priority species.
The Moroccan locust, a historically significant pest of North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, capable of devastating cereal crops from Morocco east to Afghanistan.
The Admirable Grasshopper (*Syrbula admirabilis*), described by Uhler in 1864, is a North American insect known for its strong sexual dimorphism, featuring colorful females and drab males.
Rhammatocerus schistocercoides is a notorious swarming grasshopper in Brazil, known for forming massive outbreaks that destroy local agriculture.
The field grasshopper, one of the most common grasshopper species in Britain and northern Europe, well adapted to dry, short-grass habitats.
The meadow grasshopper, widespread across Europe, notable for having short-winged females that are functionally flightless in most populations.
The Large Banded Grasshopper (Arcyptera fusca) is a robust European insect facing significant population declines, primarily due to the loss of its undisturbed tall grassland habitats.
A South American acridid found in the Cerrado and savanna regions of Brazil and Bolivia, capable of forming large swarms and causing significant damage to crops.
The large gold grasshopper, found in central and northern Europe in tall humid grassland near water, exhibiting strongly sexually dimorphic wing length.
The bow-winged grasshopper, common across Europe, recognized by the male's distinctive chirping song produced by rubbing hindlegs against its forewings.
The common green grasshopper, widespread across Europe and Asia, one of the most abundant grasshopper species in British upland and meadow habitats.
The admirable grasshopper is a North American acridid found across the central and eastern U.S., noted for marked sexual dimorphism in body size and coloration.
A large European grasshopper inhabiting montane grasslands from the Iberian Peninsula to Central Asia, notable for its conspicuous stridulation and size.
The Large Mountain Grasshopper (Stauroderus scalaris) is a distinctive European species found in mountainous regions, easily identified by the prominent X-shaped marking on its back.
The ebony grasshopper is a strikingly dark-colored North American acridid found in the central Great Plains, inhabiting shortgrass and mixed-grass prairie habitats.
The rufous grasshopper, found across Europe and western Asia, readily identified by the male's distinctive white-tipped, clubbed antennae.
The cudweed grasshopper is a North American acridid notable for feeding almost exclusively on sagebrush and cudweed plants (Artemisia spp.) in western prairie habitats.
A European mountain grasshopper (Acrididae) found in alpine and subalpine grasslands, known for rhythmic stridulation produced by hind-leg movement.
The Painted Mermiria (*Mermiria picta*), described by Walker in 1870, is a slender, slant-faced grasshopper species commonly found inhabiting the tallgrass prairies of North America.
The bigheaded grasshopper is a North American acridid native to shortgrass prairies of the western U.S. and one of the most economically damaging rangeland pest species.
The leek grasshopper, found across Europe in tall rank grassland and reed beds, one of the few European grasshoppers adapted to climbing and living in tall vegetation.
The woodland grasshopper, found across Europe from Britain to the Caucasus, notable for its association with woodland edges and scrubby grassland.
The small gold grasshopper, found in central and eastern Europe in damp meadows, characterized by short wings in both sexes and vivid green coloration.
The stripe-winged grasshopper, distributed across Europe in calcareous grasslands, named for the conspicuous white stripe running along its forewing.
The lesser marsh grasshopper, found across Europe in damp meadows, identified by a pale cream stripe running along the forewing margin.
The Velvet-striped Grasshopper (*Eritettix simplex*), described by Scudder in 1875, is a small North American insect recognized by the pale, velvet-like stripes adorning its dorsal side.
The red-tailed grasshopper, occurring in dry, warm grasslands across central and southern Europe, named for the red coloration at the male's abdomen tip.
