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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Migratory Bird Locusts (Cyrtacanthacridinae) » Bird Grasshoppers (Schistocerca) » Mischievous Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca damnifica)

Species Schistocerca damnifica - Mischievous Bird Grasshopper

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Immature - Schistocerca damnifica - male Grasshopper - Schistocerca damnifica - male Carolina locust - Schistocerca damnifica Mischievous or Carolina? - Schistocerca damnifica - female Damn if i ca(n just get this pollen off of me...)-1 - Schistocerca damnifica - male Damn if i ca(n just get this pollen off of me...)-3 - Schistocerca damnifica - male UID GRASSHOPPER - Schistocerca damnifica Schistocerca damnifica - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (Migratory Bird Locusts)
Genus Schistocerca (Bird Grasshoppers)
Species damnifica (Mischievous Bird Grasshopper)
Size
males: 25-35 mm, females: 37-47 mm
Identification
Uniform reddish brown coloration above with no lighter bands, small size and pronotal ridge help distinguish this from other members of the genus. Wings extend beyond tip of abdomen just a bit, not as much as in other members of the genus.
Range
Southeastern United States, north to Pennsylvania, Ohio, west to Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas.
Habitat
Old fields and open woodlands.
Season
June-September (northern part of range). Throughout winter in Florida. September-May, adults hibernating (North Carolina).
Life Cycle
Overwinters as adult in south.
See Also
Other Schistocerca
Print References
Capinera, Grasshoppers of Florida p. 123, plate 99 (1)
Capinera, Field Guide to Grasshoppers..., pp. 145-146, plate 31 (1)
Helfer, p. 189, fig. 306 (2)
Brimley, p. 25 (3)
Internet References
Florida Nature
Giff Beaton
Works Cited
1.Grasshoppers of Florida (Invertebrates of Florida)
By John L. Capinera, Clay W. Scherer, Jason M. Squiter, Jason M. Squitier
2.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
By Jacques R. Helfer
3.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 24 April, 2005 - 9:50am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 17 December, 2005 - 6:02am

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