Coastal Toothpick Grasshopper

Mermiria intertexta · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Acrididae

Also called: Eastern Mermiria Grasshopper, Eastern Mermiria

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Coastal Toothpick Grasshopper
Photo: geosesarma, CC BY

The Coastal Toothpick Grasshopper lives in North America. It inhabits areas across the continent.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Specimens have been recorded in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

This species is found throughout North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 8 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Texas, Missouri, Arizona.

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

Source: GBIF

Status: endemic in North America; endemic in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Coastal Toothpick Grasshopper photo 2
Photo: Claire Herzog, CC BY
Coastal Toothpick Grasshopper photo 3
Photo: Heather Mazzaccaro, CC BY
Coastal Toothpick Grasshopper photo 4
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Coastal Toothpick Grasshopper photo 5
Photo: geosesarma, CC BY

Questions people ask

Where is the Coastal Toothpick Grasshopper found?

It occurs in North America.

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/Mermiria_intertexta

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.

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