#acrididae

[platycryptus]

The long-headed toothpick grasshopper (Achurum carinatum) lives and feeds among tall grass in the southeast US.

They’re flightless and not very fast or agile by grasshopper standards, but like a stick insect their camouflage seems to make up for it!

In Florida, they breed year-round and are abundant in this prairie habitat in January when few other insects are active.

[herpsandbirds]

Hooded Grasshoppers (Teratodes monticollis), family Acrididae, found in India and Sri Lanka

photograph by Pong Wira

[razehider]

a very pretty orange Calliptamus barbarus morph. i seem to have a harder time chasing these grasshoppers around the more i like a specific individual's morph, but thankfully this one trusted its gorse security system enough to not jump away

(July 19th, 2025)

[ljsbugblog]

a weird horse appreciates the sunset from atop one of our cacti.

Giant Green Slantface, male(?) (Acrida conica), March '24.

[arachnophanatic]

The tiniest littlest baby grasshopper (family Acrididae)

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Admirable grasshopper (Syrbula admirabilis)?

Have you seen the admirable grasshopper (Syrbula admirabilis)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onMay 9

This species is also known as the handsome grasshopper or the handsome locust. Someone liked this little animal a great deal when naming it!

[wikipediapictures]

Cophopodisma

“Cophopodisma pyrenaea male” - via Wikimedia Commons

[anime-insect-of-the-day]

Today’s anime insect of the day is: a grasshopper from The Apothecary Diaries