Species

Dissosteira carolina (Carolina grasshopper)

Dissosteira carolina. Photo: (c) Liam Ragan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Dissosteira carolina, the Carolina grasshopper, Carolina locust, black-winged grasshooper, road-duster or quaker, a large band winged species of grasshopper which ranges widely in North America inhabiting weedy grasslands.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids)
        Suborder: Caelifera (Grasshoppers, locusts, and allies)
        Infraorder: Acrididea (Grasshoppers)
        Superfamily: Acridoidea (Short-horned grasshoppers and locusts)
        Family: Acrididae (Short-horned grasshoppers)
        Subfamily: Oedipodinae (Bandwing grasshoppers)
        Tribe: Trimerotropini
        Genus: Dissosteira
        Species: Dissosteira carolina (Carolina grasshopper)

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