Green-legged Grasshoppers

Melanoplus viridipes · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Acrididae

Also called: Green-legged Locust, Green-legged Spur-throat Grasshopper

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Green-legged Grasshoppers
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA

The green-legged grasshopper lives in North America. Its native range is also North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is native to North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 23 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia, Minnesota, Tennessee.

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

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Green-legged Grasshoppers photo 2
Photo: Bernie Paquette, CC BY
Green-legged Grasshoppers photo 3
Photo: Nick Block, CC BY
Green-legged Grasshoppers photo 4
Photo: Evan M. Raskin, CC BY
Green-legged Grasshoppers photo 5
Photo: Bernie Paquette, CC BY

Questions people ask

Where is the green-legged 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/Melanoplus_viridipes

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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