Crackling Forest Grasshopper

Trimerotropis verruculata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae

Trimerotropis verruculata, known generally as the crackling forest grasshopper or cracker grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America. Its English common name comes from the distinctive cracking sound it makes as it flies.

Distribution

Crackling Forest Grasshopper — (c) Fyn Kynd, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Fyn Kynd · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1,032Canada · 678

Sources and credits

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