Grasshoppers & Crickets
Order Orthoptera
218 speciesKnown for their powerful hind legs adapted for jumping. Many species produce sounds by stridulation and are important herbivores in grassland ecosystems.
Species in this Order
Two-spotted Groundhopper
Tetrix bipunctata
A montane pygmy grasshopper with two pale spots on its pronotum, found in upland rocky habitats acro...
Two-spotted Grouse Locust
Paratettix mexicanus
A tiny pygmy grasshopper commonly found at the muddy margins of ponds and streams across the America...
Two-spotted Tree Cricket
Neoxabea bipunctata
A reddish-brown tree cricket with two distinctive dark spots at the base of its antennae. It produce...
Valley Jerusalem Cricket
Stenopelmatus pictus
A boldly banded Jerusalem cricket found in the arid valleys of California. Its large jaws can delive...
Variegated Grasshopper
Zonocerus variegatus
A brightly colored grasshopper with striking patterns of yellow, green, black, and orange. It feeds ...
Venezuelan Tepui Katydid
Teleutias pellucida
A translucent pale green katydid endemic to the tepui highlands of Venezuela. Its semi-transparent w...
Vineyard Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa vineae
A European mole cricket very similar to G. gryllotalpa but distinguished by its song frequency. It w...
Wart-biter Cricket
Decticus verrucivorus
A large bush-cricket with mottled green and brown coloring. Males produce a loud sustained song to a...
Wart-biting Bush-Cricket
Decticus albifrons
A large, pale bush-cricket of Mediterranean scrublands and dry grasslands with powerful mandibles. I...
Weta
Deinacrida heteracantha
Giant insects endemic to New Zealand, some of the heaviest in the world. Wetapunga can weigh up to 7...
Weta Piki (Jumping Weta)
Hemiandrus pallitarsis
A small ground weta endemic to New Zealand, found in forest leaf litter. It is nocturnal and burrows...
Weta Punga (Tusked Weta)
Anostostoma australasia
A distinctive king cricket or tusked weta found in the North Island of New Zealand. Males possess cu...
White-Lined Sphinx Moth Hornworm
Cibolacris parviceps
A tiny, short-faced grasshopper adapted to the harshest parts of the Chihuahuan Desert. Its compact ...
Wingless Grasshopper
Phaulacridium vittatum
A small, common grasshopper found across Australia and New Zealand with reduced or absent wings. It ...
Wood Cricket
Nemobius sylvestris
A tiny brown cricket of European woodland floors that scurries through leaf litter like a small beet...
Woodland Grasshopper
Omocestus rufipes
A small dark grasshopper with a distinctive red-tipped abdomen in both sexes. Found in warm sheltere...
Xya Pygmy Mole Cricket
Xya pfaendleri
A minute European pygmy mole cricket typically found on bare sandy ground near rivers. It is so smal...
Zayante Band-winged Grasshopper
Trimerotropis infantilis
A small grasshopper found only in sand parkland habitats in Santa Cruz County, California. It is sup...