Willamette Short-wing Grasshopper

Melanoplus saltator · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Acrididae

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Willamette Short-wing Grasshopper
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The saltator species group (Melanoplus saltator) occurs in North America. It lives in habitats across that continent. Its native range is North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Specimens are recorded from North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

The bug inhabits areas throughout North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native distribution is in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 1 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Oregon.

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

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_saltator

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Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.

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