Crackling Locust

Trimerotropis verruculata 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 Locust — (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 · 36Canada · 11

Sources and credits

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Crackling Locust

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