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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Pygmy Grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) » Tetriginae » Tetrix » Obscure Pygmy Grasshopper (Tetrix arenosa)

Species Tetrix arenosa - Obscure Pygmy Grasshopper

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Pygmy Grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa Swimming Pygmy Grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa strange grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa strange grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa - male Tetrigidae, lateralX - Tetrix arenosa grasshopper? - Tetrix arenosa Pygmy Grasshopper - Paratettix cucullatus ? - Tetrix arenosa Pygmy - Tetrix arenosa - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
Family Tetrigidae (Pygmy Grasshoppers)
Subfamily Tetriginae
Genus Tetrix
Species arenosa (Obscure Pygmy Grasshopper)
Other Common Names
Sand Pygmy Grasshopper
Explanation of Names
Tetrix arenosa Burmeister 1838
Numbers
2 sspp., both in our area(1)
Size
9-14 mm
Identification
Grayish, brownish, or dark; may have a wide pale band across pronotum. Pronotum almost flat, with median ridge feeble(2)
Range
Eastern North America: Ontario south to Texas and eastward to Atlantic
Habitat
Found, especially, along margins of ponds, streams, woodland pools; sometimes in drier areas
Season
Much of year. Nymphs only found in mid-summer.
Life Cycle
Overwinters as adult.
Print References
(2)
Internet References
Insects of Quebec
Works Cited
1.Orthoptera Species File Online
2.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
Jacques R. Helfer. 1962. Wm. C. Brown Company.
Contributed by Cotinis on 10 May, 2005 - 10:47am
Additional contributions by David Ferguson, v belov
Last updated 16 March, 2023 - 8:37pm

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