Blue-legged grasshopper (Metator pardalinus)

Metator pardalinus
Other common names
Pard grasshopper, Bluelegged grasshopper
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Psinidiini
Genus:	Metator
Scientific name
Metator pardalinus (Saussure, 1884)
Geography
Native countries:
Canada United States
Pest status
Known pest

The Blue-legged grasshopper (Metator pardalinus) is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Oedipodinae (band-winged grasshoppers).

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File No subspecies recorded for this taxon.

Identification

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Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceMetator pardalinus

Habitat

Geophilous

Activity

Diurnal

Sound

Crepitation

Flight

Strong flier

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Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Michael J. W. Carr — 2 specimens collected
• Selim Peabody — 1 specimen collected
• Evan Pannkuk — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Tyler Grant — 9 specimens identified
• Michael J. W. Carr — 2 specimens identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BioLibBiota Information System of New MexicoBOLD SystemsBugGuideCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphIdaho SpeciesiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIRMNGITIS TSNMontana Field GuideNatureServe ExplorerNCBI taxonomyOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)UMLS CUI