Club-legged Grasshopper

Gomphocerus sibiricus · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Acrididae

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Club-legged Grasshopper
Photo: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA

The club-legged grasshopper lives across the Palearctic region extending eastward to Siberia. In Central and Southern Europe it is confined to high mountain ranges such as the Pyrenees, the Sierra de Guadarrama, the Apennines, the Alps, the Carpathians, the Balkan Mountains and the Caucasus. Its main distribution area is Siberia.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Found across the Palearctic east to Siberia.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range covers the Palearctic region eastward to Siberia, with the main area in Siberia.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Acrididae)

Differential GrasshopperDifferential GrasshopperMelanoplus differentialisDamages trees, gardens or cropsTwo-striped GrasshopperTwo-striped GrasshopperMelanoplus bivittatusDamages trees, gardens or cropsCarolina GrasshopperCarolina GrasshopperDissosteira carolinaDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Field GrasshopperCommon Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusEgyptian Bird GrasshopperEgyptian Bird GrasshopperAnacridium aegyptiumGray Bird GrasshopperGray Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca nitensDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

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

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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