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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Slant-faced Grasshoppers (Gomphocerinae) » Gomphocerus Group » Chorthippus » Marsh Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus curtipennis)

Species Chorthippus curtipennis - Marsh Meadow Grasshopper

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Grasshopper - Chorthippus curtipennis - male

Melanoplus UID? - Chorthippus curtipennis - male

Orphulella pelidna ? - Chorthippus curtipennis - male

Grasshopper - Chorthippus curtipennis - female

Pseudochorthippus curtipennis - Chorthippus curtipennis - female

Lubber type Grasshopper? - Chorthippus curtipennis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)

Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)

Subfamily Gomphocerinae (Slant-faced Grasshoppers)

No Taxon (Gomphocerus Group)

Genus Chorthippus

Species curtipennis (Marsh Meadow Grasshopper)

Other Common Names

Short-winged Brown Grasshopper

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chorthippus curtipennis (Harris 1835)

Size

Males 12-20mm, females 20-35mm.

Identification

Light brown dorsally, and green to brown laterally. Wing length can be short to as long as the abdomen. Hind leg has a black joint. Legs are yellow to red, and hind leg can have a narrow green band on top. Yellow abdomen with black blotches.

Range

Throughout Canada and northern 2/3 of US. In NM and AZ, occurs only at high-elevation mountain meadows. (1)

Habitat

Tall grass in damp areas.

Season

Eggs overwinter; adults from July to frost. (1)

Food

Grasses

Print References

(2)

Internet References

ND State U pictures

USDA range map

Works Cited

1.	The North American Grasshoppers, volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae Daniel Otte. 1981. Harvard.

2.	Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.

Contributed by tom murray on 4 September, 2005 - 8:46am
Additional contributions by David Ferguson, metrioptera
Last updated 20 April, 2019 - 11:31am

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