Bug FAQSouthern Green-striped Grasshopper
Chortophaga australior · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Acrididae
Males are 23 to 30 mm long and females 28 to 38 mm long. Females are usually green, males brown, though both sexes can vary in color.
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How to recognize it
Females are typically green and males brown, but both sexes show color variation.
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Size
Males measure 23 to 30 mm, while females are larger at 28 to 38 mm.
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Where it lives
They prefer relatively moist short-grass habitats such as roadsides and hay meadows.
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Life cycle
Development includes five instar stages.
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Where it comes from
Their range extends from British Columbia south to Costa Rica, mainly east of the Rockies and down to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Lookalikes
It is a band-winged grasshopper in the Acrididae family, known scientifically as Chortophaga viridifasciata.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 11 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Georgia, Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, New York.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
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Months it is reported in the US
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Questions people ask
How can I tell male and female Southern Green-striped Grasshoppers apart?
Males are usually brown and smaller (23 to 30 mm), while females are generally green and larger (28 to 38 mm), though colors can vary.
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Same family (Acrididae)
Differential GrasshopperMelanoplus differentialisDamages trees, gardens or crops
Two-striped GrasshopperMelanoplus bivittatusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Carolina GrasshopperDissosteira carolinaDamages trees, gardens or crops
Common Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Egyptian Bird GrasshopperAnacridium aegyptium
Gray Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca nitensDamages trees, gardens or cropsSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chortophaga_viridifasciata
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