Longhorn Band-wing Grasshopper

Psinidia fenestralis · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Acrididae

Also called: Longhorn Band-Winged Grasshopper, Long-horned Locust

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Longhorn Band-wing Grasshopper
Photo: Bernie Paquette, CC BY

The longhorn band-wing grasshopper lives in the Caribbean and North America. It is found in those same regions as its habitat and native range.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It occurs in the Caribbean and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Its habitat includes the Caribbean and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range covers the Caribbean and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 33 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, South Carolina, Illinois, Georgia, Mississippi.

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

Source: GBIF

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

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Longhorn Band-wing Grasshopper photo 3
Photo: Rose Zappa, CC BY
Longhorn Band-wing Grasshopper photo 4
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA
Longhorn Band-wing Grasshopper photo 5
Photo: V. Ross Johnson, CC BY-SA
Longhorn Band-wing Grasshopper photo 6
Photo: Eamon Corbett, 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/Psinidia_fenestralis

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 2026-10-22.

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