Species Stenacris vitreipennis - Glassy-winged Toothpick Grasshopper

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Glassy-winged Toothpick Grasshopper - Stenacris vitreipennis - Stenacris vitreipennis

Glassy-winged Toothpick? - Stenacris vitreipennis

Grasshopper or katydid? - Stenacris vitreipennis

which toothpick grasshopper? - Stenacris vitreipennis

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 Leptysminae (Spur-throat Toothpick Grasshoppers)

Genus Stenacris

Species vitreipennis (Glassy-winged Toothpick Grasshopper)

Explanation of Names

Author is Marschall, 1836.

Size

males 24-30 mm; females 27-40 mm

Identification

Green to brownish green, long, slender, pointed head,sword-shaped antennae. Has spine beneath head in front of forelegs, distinguishing it from somewhat similar slant-faced grasshoppers, subfamily Gomphocerinae.

Range

Southern Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain: North Carolina to Florida, west and south through southern Texas and Mexico to Costa Rica.

Habitat

Semiaquatic vegetation such as cattails (Typha spp.) and Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata).

Life Cycle

Adults overwinter.

See Also

Leptysma marginicollis - Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper

Achurum carinatum - Longheaded Toothpick Grasshopper

Print References

Capinera, Field Guide to Grasshoppers..., p. 147, plate 30 (1)

Capinera, Grasshoppers of Florida, p. 125, plate 101 (2)

Works Cited

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

2.	Grasshoppers of Florida (Invertebrates of Florida) John L. Capinera, Clay W. Scherer, Jason M. Squiter, Jason M. Squitier. 2002. University Press of Florida.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 27 January, 2006 - 3:09pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, David Ferguson, metrioptera
Last updated 15 March, 2020 - 9:06pm

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