Bug FAQBrown-spotted Range Grasshopper
Psoloessa delicatula · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Acrididae
The brown-spotted range grasshopper is called Psoloessa delicatula. It lives in North America. When it gets warm, it lowers its abdomen, spreads its hind legs and seeks shade above 32 °C to regulate its temperature.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Psoloessa delicatula is the scientific name for the brown-spotted range grasshopper.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
This grasshopper is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is native to North America.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 18 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Texas, Nevada, California.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Same family (Acrididae)
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoloessa_delicatula
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