Bug FAQTexas Range Grasshopper
Psoloessa texana · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Acrididae
Also called: Texas Spotted Range Grasshopper
The Texas spotted range grasshopper is known as Psoloessa texana. It lives in North America. It mainly eats the grass Bouteloua eriopoda.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Scientific name: Psoloessa texana, commonly called the Texas spotted range grasshopper.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
Prefers feeding on the grass Bouteloua eriopoda.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Native to North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 12 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Arizona, California, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nebraska, Oklahoma.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Acrididae)
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Common Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Egyptian Bird GrasshopperAnacridium aegyptium
Gray Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca nitensDamages trees, gardens or cropsSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoloessa_texana
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