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. Its specific scientific name is derived from the Latin word for wart or excrescence and refers to its mottled rough appearance which probably provides camouflage on the exposed gravel, rock and ledge where it is often found.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Crackling Forest Grasshopper being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Circotettix undulatus
- Circotettix maculatus
- Trimerotropis cyaneipennis
- Bryodemella tuberculata
- Scintharista magnifica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Acrididae
- Genus
- Trimerotropis
- Species
- Trimerotropis verruculata
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