Creosote Bush Grasshopper

Bootettix argentatus · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Acrididae

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Creosote Bush Grasshopper
Photo: Dawn Nelson, CC BY

The creosote bush grasshopper lives in both Central America and North America. It feeds only on the creosote bush (Larrea divaricata).

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Found in Central America and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Monophagous; eats only the creosote bush.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Native to Central America and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 6 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah.

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

Source: GBIF

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

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Creosote Bush Grasshopper photo 3
Photo: unknown, CC0
Creosote Bush Grasshopper photo 4
Photo: Madeleine Claire, CC BY
Creosote Bush Grasshopper photo 5
Photo: Andrew Meeds, CC BY
Creosote Bush Grasshopper photo 6
Photo: Andrew Meeds, CC BY

Questions people ask

Where is the creosote bush grasshopper found?

It occurs in Central America and 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/Bootettix_argentatus

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

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

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