Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids
Order Orthoptera
The Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Order Orthoptera) includes 1,030 species across 22 families and 248 genera in our directory.
About Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids
Orthoptera includes ~28,000 described species of grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids. Desert locusts can form swarms covering 460 square miles containing up to 80 million individuals per square kilometer.
Economic Impact
A single large locust swarm can consume the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people. The 2019-2021 East Africa locust crisis affected food security for 42 million people across multiple countries. Global crop losses from locusts can reach billions annually.
Ecological Role
Grasshoppers and crickets are a primary food source for birds, reptiles, and small mammals. Cricket farming is a growing industry - crickets require 12× less feed than cattle to produce the same amount of protein, using 2,000× less water.
Families in Orthoptera (22)
Species in Orthoptera (1,030)
Big-tooth Anabrus
Anabrus cerciata
Birchim's Shieldback
Idiostatus birchimi
Black-horned Tree Cricket
Oecanthus nigricornis
Black-legged Grasshopper
Melanoplus femurnigrum
Black-margined Shieldback
Pediodectes nigromarginatus
Black-sided Camel Cricket
Ceuthophilus latens
Black-sided Pygmy Grasshopper
Tettigidea lateralis
Black-sided shieldback
Clinopleura melanopleura
Blue-legged Grasshopper
Metator pardalinus
Bog Katydid
Metrioptera sphagnorum
Boll's Grasshopper
Spharagemon bolli
Boreal Camel Cricket
Ceuthophilus brevipes
Broadcercus Short-wing Grasshopper
Melanoplus tumidicercus
Brown-spotted Bush-cricket
Tessellana tessellata
Brown-spotted Range Grasshopper
Psoloessa delicatula
Bruner Slant-faced Grasshopper
Bruneria brunnea
Bruner's Spur-throat Grasshopper
Melanoplus bruneri
Buckell's Timberline Grasshopper
Buckellacris nuda
Buckellacris chilcotinae
Buckellacris chilcotinae
Buckell’s grig
Cyphoderris buckelli
Cajun Virtuoso Katydid
Amblycorypha cajuni
California Thread-leg Katydid
Arethaea brevicauda
Candy Cane Pygmy Mole Cricket
Ellipes ignis
Caribbean Meadow Katydid
Conocephalus cinereus
Carinate Katydid
Amblycorypha carinata
Carinate Shieldback
Neduba carinata
Carita Thread-leg Katydid
Arethaea carita
Carnegie Short-wing Grasshopper
Melanoplus carnegiei
Carolina Leaf-roller Cricket
Camptonotus carolinensis
Carolina Locust
Dissosteira carolina
Carolina Oak Grasshopper
Dendrotettix zimmermanni
Catalina Monkey Grasshopper
Morsea catalinae
Catalina Shield-back Cricket
Neduba propsti
Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper
Leptysma marginicollis
Caudell's Longhorn Grasshopper
Psinidia amplicornus
Cepero's Groundhopper
Tetrix ceperoi
Ceuthophilus agassizii
Ceuthophilus agassizii
Ceuthophilus alpinus
Ceuthophilus alpinus
Ceuthophilus caudelli
Ceuthophilus caudelli
Ceuthophilus conicaudus
Ceuthophilus conicaudus
Ceuthophilus divergens
Ceuthophilus divergens
Ceuthophilus fossor
Ceuthophilus fossor
Ceuthophilus gracilipes
Ceuthophilus gracilipes
Ceuthophilus guttulosus
Ceuthophilus guttulosus
Ceuthophilus hebardi
Ceuthophilus hebardi
Ceuthophilus inyo
Ceuthophilus inyo
Ceuthophilus lamellipes
Ceuthophilus lamellipes
Ceuthophilus meridionalis
Ceuthophilus meridionalis
Ceuthophilus nodulosus
Ceuthophilus nodulosus
Ceuthophilus pallidipes
Ceuthophilus pallidipes
Ceuthophilus uhleri
Ceuthophilus uhleri
Ceuthophilus variegatus
Ceuthophilus variegatus
Channel Island Jerusalem Cricket
Ammopelmatus islander
Chaparral Monkey Grasshopper
Morsea californica
Chaparral Shield-back
Cyrtophyllicus chlorum
Chestnut Shieldback
Neduba castanea
Chestnut Short-wing Katydid
Obolopteryx castanea
Chihuahua Lubber
Phrynotettix tshivavensis
Chihuahuan Thread-leg Katydid
Arethaea semialata
Chinese Rice Grasshopper
Oxya chinensis
Chiricahua Cave Cricket
Ceuthophilus chiricahuae
Chloealtis abdominalis
Chloealtis abdominalis
Chrysochraon petraea
Chrysochraon petraea
Circotettix stenometopus
Circotettix stenometopus
Clicker Round-winged Katydid
Amblycorypha alexanderi
Cnemotettix caudulus
Cnemotettix caudulus
Cnemotettix spinulus
Cnemotettix spinulus
Coachella Giant Sand-treader Cricket
Macrobaenetes valgum
Coast Clouded Grasshopper
Nebulatettix robustus
Colorado Plateaus Saltbush Grasshopper
Aeoloplides chenopodii
Colorado Sand-treader Cricket
Daihiniella bellicosa
Common Cave Cricket
Hadenoecus subterraneus
Common Field Grasshopper
Chorthippus brunneus
Common Groundhopper
Tetrix undulata
Common Meadow Katydid
Orchelimum vulgare
Common Short-tailed Cricket
Anurogryllus arboreus
Common Short-wing Katydid
Obolopteryx brevihastata
Common Virtuoso Katydid
Amblycorypha longinicta
Cone-head Pygmy Grasshopper 0
Tettigidea prorsa
Contrasting Spur-throat Grasshopper
Melanoplus discolor
Coulee Cricket
Peranabrus scabricollis
Cream Grasshopper
Cibolacris parviceps
Crenulated Grasshopper
Cordillacris crenulata
Crested Pygmy Grasshopper
Nomotettix cristatus
Cuban Trig
Anaxipha imitator
Cumberland Cave Cricket
Hadenoecus cumberlandicus
Daedalus Shieldback
Pediodectes daedalus
Dark Ballona Dunes Jerusalem Cricket
Ammopelmatus ballonadark
Dark Jerusalem Cricket
Ammopelmatus fuscus
Dark Jerusalem Cricket
Stenopelmatus nigrocapitatus
Dark Night Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa monanka
Dark Shieldback
Idiostatus fuscus
Davis' Oak Grasshopper
Melanoplus davisi
Davis' Tree Cricket
Oecanthus exclamationis
Davis's Shieldback
Atlanticus davisi
Davis’s Conehead
Belocephalus davisi
Decorated Short-wing Grasshopper
Melanoplus decorus
Delicate Meadow Katydid
Orchelimum delicatum
Dented Groundhopper
Tetrix depressa
Derotmema delicatulum
Derotmema delicatulum