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Pygmy Grasshoppers

Tetrigidae · 5 species

In Québec, the family Tetrigidae (order Orthoptera) counts 5 species of insects. The stars? Black-sided Pygmy Grasshopper, Obscure Grouse Locust and Crested Pygmy Grasshopper, the most often observed. The richest region: Estrie, with 4 species. Every species has its own page: photos, 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. Estrie4
  2. Montréal3
  3. Lanaudière3
  4. Montérégie3
  5. Capitale-Nationale2
  6. Mauricie2
  7. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  8. Laurentides2
  9. Outaouais1
  10. Nord-du-Québec1
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches1
  12. Laval1
  13. Centre-du-Québec1

Pygmy Grasshoppers 5

Orthoptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Tetrigidae
All61Acrididae27Tettigoniidae15Tetrigidae5Trigonidiidae5Oecanthidae4Gryllidae3Rhaphidophoridae2
Black-sided Pygmy Grasshopper37 observations
Obscure Grouse Locust7 observations
Crested Pygmy Grasshopper6 observations
Slender Groundhopper4 observations
Ornate Grouse Locust4 observations