Armored Pygmy Grasshopper

Tettigidea armata · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Tetrigidae

Also called: Spined Grouse Locust, armoured grouse locust

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Armored Pygmy Grasshopper
Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY

The armored pygmy grasshopper is also called the armoured grouse locust or spined grouse locust. It lives in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Common names include armored pygmy grasshopper, armoured grouse locust, and spined grouse locust.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

This species is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 23 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Michigan, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, Louisiana.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Armored Pygmy Grasshopper photo 2
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Armored Pygmy Grasshopper photo 3
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY
Armored Pygmy Grasshopper photo 4
Photo: Robert Webster, CC BY-SA
Armored Pygmy Grasshopper photo 5
Photo: willingarden, CC BY

Same family (Tetrigidae)

Slender GroundhopperSlender GroundhopperTetrix subulataBlack-sided Pygmy GrasshopperBlack-sided Pygmy GrasshopperTettigidea lateralisCommon GroundhopperCommon GroundhopperTetrix undulataObscure Grouse LocustObscure Grouse LocustTetrix arenosaCrested Pygmy GrasshopperCrested Pygmy GrasshopperNomotettix cristatus

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tettigidea_armata

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Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.

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