Common green grasshopper
The common green grasshopper is usually green all over, sometimes with brown sides. It lives in meadows with long grass and chirps by rubbing its back leg against its wing, like a tiny violin. Its song starts quietly and gets louder and louder.
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Fun facts
Each song lasts about 45 to 60 seconds, then the male rests for 10 to 15 seconds.
Males and females try not to sing at the same time, so they can hear each other and find each other.
The male often sings once in one spot, then moves to another spot to sing again.
The babies hatch in April and look like tiny grown-ups without working wings.
In Spain its song is shorter than in other places.
Most asked questions about Common green grasshopper
?How does the common green grasshopper make its sound?
It rubs its back leg against its wing. The song starts quiet and grows louder.
?What does the common green grasshopper eat?
Grass, especially common grasses that grow in meadows.
?When can you see the common green grasshopper?
Usually from April to October, in meadows with long grass.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Omocestus viridulus
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Acrididae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Acrididae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Omocestus viridulus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Swethasakthivel. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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