Appalachian Grasshopper

Appalachia hebardi

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae

Appalachia hebardi, commonly known as the Appalachian grasshopper, is a species of non-flying grasshopper. First described in 1936, it was believed to have gone extinct in the 1940s until its rediscovery on the side of a road in Augusta County, Virginia, located in the Shenandoah Valley in 2024. The last sighting prior to 2024 was in 1946.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Appalachian Grasshopper

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