Carolina Grasshopper
Characteristics: Carolina Grasshoppers can be found throughout the entire United States. They eat plants and grass and are good flyers dispite thier erractic-looking flight paths. As with most insect species, the female Carolina Grasshopper is larger than the male. Coloring is generally on the dark side with the occassional yellow.
General Adult Size (Length):
37mm to 48mm
(1.46in to 1.89in)
Identifying Colors: yellow; red; brown; black; gray
North American reach includes (may not be limited to): Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Category: Grasshopper or Cricket
Common Name: Carolina Grasshopper
Scientific Name: (Dissosteira carolina)
 Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Dissosteira
Species: carolina
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