Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) is a animal in the Acrididae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763)

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763)

Metaleptea brevicornis, the clipped-wing grasshopper, is a North American grasshopper found in eastern North American wetlands.

Family
Genus
Metaleptea
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763)

Metaleptea brevicornis, commonly known as the clipped-wing grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper native to North America. This grasshopper occurs in wetland habitats across most of eastern North America, with a range that extends from the Great Lakes region southward to Florida and Mexico.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Metaleptea

More from Acrididae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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