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Short-horned Grasshoppers

Acrididae · 27 species

In Québec, the family Acrididae (order Orthoptera) counts 27 species of insects. The stars? Two-striped Grasshopper, Carolina Grasshopper and Red-legged Grasshopper, the most often observed. The richest region: Outaouais, with 17 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its sounds, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Outaouais17
  2. Abitibi-Témiscamingue17
  3. Mauricie16
  4. Capitale-Nationale15
  5. Estrie14
  6. Laurentides14
  7. Lanaudière13
  8. Montréal12
  9. Montérégie12
  10. Bas-Saint-Laurent10
  11. Côte-Nord10
  12. Nord-du-Québec10
  13. Chaudière-Appalaches10
  14. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean9
  15. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine9
  16. Centre-du-Québec9
  17. Laval5

Short-horned Grasshoppers 27

Orthoptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Acrididae
All61Acrididae27Tettigoniidae15Tetrigidae5Trigonidiidae5Oecanthidae4Gryllidae3Rhaphidophoridae2
Two-striped Grasshopper1,606 observations
Carolina Grasshopper865 observations
Red-legged Grasshopper260 observations
Green-striped Grasshopper171 observations
Pine tree Spur-throat Grasshopper167 observations
Crackling Forest Grasshopper119 observations
Wingless Mountain Grasshopper109 observations
Marsh meadow grasshopper105 observations
Clear-winged Grasshopper73 observations
Migratory Grasshopper47 observations
Mottled Sand Grasshopper30 observations
Huckleberry Spur-throat Grasshopper17 observations
Striped Sedge Grasshopper17 observations
Graceful Sedge Grasshopper14 observations
Northern Spur-throat Grasshopper13 observations
Forest Locust13 observations
Coral-winged Grasshopper10 observations
Pasture Locust7 observations
Boll's Grasshopper6 observations
Sprinkled Locust5 observations
Keeler's Spur-throat Grasshopper3 observations
Clouded Grasshopper3 observations
Bruner's Spur-throat Grasshopper3 observations
Rocky Mountain Sprinkled Locust2 observations
Pasture Spur-throat Grasshopper2 observations
Dawson's Spur-throat GrasshopperMelanoplus dawsoni
Red-winged GrasshopperArphia pseudonietana