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)
Lakin Grasshopper
Melanoplus lakinus
Large Tree-cricket
Oecanthus dulcisonans
Large-headed Grasshopper
Phoetaliotes nebrascensis
Larger Fork-tail Grasshopper
Melanoplus furcatus
Larger Pygmy Mole Grasshopper
Neotridactylus apicialis
Least Desert Grasshopper
Xeracris minimus
Least Katydid
Brachyinsara hemiptera
Least Shieldback
Atlanticus monticola
Least Short-wing Grasshopper
Melanoplus puer
Leather-colored Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca alutacea
Lemhi Short-wing Grasshopper
Melanoplus lemhiensis
Lesser Angle-wing Katydid
Microcentrum retinerve
Lesser Fork-tail Grasshopper
Melanoplus scapularis
Lesser Pine Katydid
Orchelimum minor
Lesser Shieldback
Ateloplus minor
Lichen Grasshopper
Leuronotina ritensis
Limrock Blowing Cave Cricket
Hadenoecus jonesi
Little Spur-throat Grasshopper
Melanoplus infantilis
Little Swamp Grasshopper
Eotettix palustris
Long-chirp Field Cricket
Gryllus multipulsator
Long-headed Toothpick Grasshopper
Achurum carinatum
Long-horned Groundhopper
Tetrix tenuicornis
Long-spurred Shieldback
Atlanticus calcaratus
Long-winged Conehead
Conocephalus fuscus
Low-ridged Pygmy Grasshopper
Nomotettix parvus
Lubberly Band-winged Grasshopper
Agymnastus ingens
MacNeill’s shieldback
Neduba macneilli
Magdalena Short-wing Grasshopper
Melanoplus magdalenae
Mahogany Jerusalem Cricket
Ammopelmatus mahogani
Margined Spur-throat Grasshopper
Melanoplus marginatus
Marsh Meadow Grasshopper
Pseudochorthippus curtipennis
Marys Peak Wingless Grasshopper
Booneacris alticola
McCluney Cave Cricket
Euhadenoecus insolitus
McDonald Observatory wood cricket
Gryllus planeta
Meadow Grasshopper
Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Mediterranean Ant-cricket
Myrmecophilus myrmecophilus
Mediterranean Groundhopper
Paratettix meridionalis
Melanoplus ablutus
Melanoplus ablutus
Melanoplus bernardinae
Melanoplus bernardinae
Melanoplus decurvus
Melanoplus decurvus
Melanoplus digitifer
Melanoplus digitifer
Melanoplus ferrarius
Melanoplus ferrarius
Melanoplus fricki
Melanoplus fricki
Melanoplus huporeus
Melanoplus huporeus
Melanoplus immunis
Melanoplus immunis
Melanoplus latus
Melanoplus latus
Melanoplus microtatus
Melanoplus microtatus
Melanoplus nossi
Melanoplus nossi
Melanoplus obespsolus
Melanoplus obespsolus
Melanoplus ottei
Melanoplus ottei
Melanoplus spiracor
Melanoplus spiracor
Melanoplus sylvestris
Melanoplus sylvestris
Melanoplus texensis
Melanoplus texensis
Mescalero Jerusalem Cricket
Ammopelmatus mescaleroensis
Mescalero Shieldback
Plagiostira mescaleroensis
Mescalero Thread-leg Katydid
Arethaea mescalero
Mesilla Sand-treader Cricket
Ammobaenetes phrixocnemoides
Mestobregma terricolor
Mestobregma terricolor
Metator nevadensis
Metator nevadensis
Mexican Bush Katydid
Scudderia mexicana
Mexican Jerusalem Cricket
Stenopelmatus talpa
Military Meadow Katydid
Orchelimum militare
Military Spur-throat Gasshopper
Melanoplus militaris
Minute Shieldback
Clinopleura minuta
Mischievous Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca damnifica
Mississippi Camel Cricket
Ceuthophilus mississippi
Mohavacris timberlakei
Mohavacris timberlakei
Mojave Thread-leg Katydid
Arethaea coyotero
Mono Lake Jerusalem Cricket
Ammopelmatus monolake
Montezuma's Grasshopper
Syrbula montezuma
Mormon Cricket
Anabrus simplex
Mormon Ground Cricket
Neonemobius mormonius
Morse's Shieldback
Aglaothorax morsei
Mt. Shasta Jerusalem Cricket
Ammopelmatus mtshasta
Narrow-Beaked Katydid
Turpilia rostrata
Narrow-winged Saltbush Grasshopper
Aeoloplides tenuipennis
Nebraska Ant Cricket
Myrmecophilus nebrascensis
Nebraska Conehead
Neoconocephalus nebrascensis
Neduba convexa
Neduba convexa
Neduba diabolica
Neduba diabolica
Nevada Red-winged Grasshopper
Cratypedes lateritius
Nevada Sand-treader Cricket
Ammobaenetes lariversi
Noisy Shieldback
Steiroxys strepens
Northern Mole Cricket
Neocurtilla hexadactyla
Northern Spur-throat Grasshopper
Melanoplus borealis
Northern Wood Cricket
Gryllus vernalis
Notable Apote
Apote notabilis
Nubile Short-wing Grasshopper
Melanoplus nubilus
Oak-leaf Grasshopper
Tomonotus ferruginosus
Oblong-winged Katydid
Amblycorypha oblongifolia
Obscure Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca obscura
Occidental Grasshopper
Trimerotropis occidentalis
Oedaleonotus borckii
Oedaleonotus borckii
Oedaleonotus orientis
Oedaleonotus orientis
Oedaleonotus pacificus
Oedaleonotus pacificus
Oedaleonotus phryneicus
Oedaleonotus phryneicus
Oedaleonotus pinctus
Oedaleonotus pinctus
Oedaleonotus tenuipennis
Oedaleonotus tenuipennis
Oedomerus corallipes
Oedomerus corallipes
Oklahoma Spur-throat Grasshopper
Melanoplus oklahomae