Short-winged Green Grasshopper

Dichromorpha viridis · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Acrididae

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Short-winged Green Grasshopper
Photo: David Hebert, CC BY

Males are mostly green with a dorsally slanted face, while females are brown and larger. They measure about 14 to 22 mm, with females reaching 23 to 30 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Males are mainly green and have a face that slopes upward.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Adults are 14 to 22 mm long; females are larger, about 23 to 30 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

They are a common species of slant-faced grasshoppers in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Their native range is North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 38 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina.

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

Short-winged Green Grasshopper photo 3
Photo: Nick Mirro, CC BY
Short-winged Green Grasshopper photo 4
Photo: Eric Schmidt, CC BY
Short-winged Green Grasshopper photo 5
Photo: Katlyn Kimmi, CC BY
Short-winged Green Grasshopper photo 6
Photo: unknown, CC0

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/Dichromorpha_viridis

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

Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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