Dawson's Spur-throat Grasshopper

Melanoplus dawsoni · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Acrididae

Also called: Dawson Grasshopper, Dawson's Grasshopper

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Dawson's Spur-throat Grasshopper
Photo: psweet, CC BY-SA

The Dawson's Spur-throat Grasshopper lives in North America. It is found in North American habitats. Its native range is North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

This grasshopper occurs in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It inhabits areas across 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 20 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Colorado, Michigan, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, New Mexico, Minnesota.

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

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Dawson's Spur-throat Grasshopper photo 3
Photo: Josiah Londerée, CC BY
Dawson's Spur-throat Grasshopper photo 4
Photo: Tom and T Herman, CC BY
Dawson's Spur-throat Grasshopper photo 5
Photo: unknown, CC0
Dawson's Spur-throat Grasshopper photo 6
Photo: Rose Zappa, CC BY

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/Melanoplus_dawsoni

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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