The Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Oedipodinae (band-winged grasshoppers).

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Overview

*Dissosteira carolina*
Dissosteira carolina
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Trimerotropini
Genus:	Dissosteira
Scientific name
	Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geography
Native countries:
	Mexico; Canada; United States;
Pest status
	Known pest
Sound
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Taxonomy

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

Resources

Distribution

Identification

Identification resources

Biology and ecology

Habitat and Ecology

Land-Use change

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.

Mark Rosenstein — 31 specimens collected
Mark Olivier — 17 specimens collected
Abbott William Nason — 16 specimens collected

Stephen Shepherd — 16 specimens collected
Michael J. W. Carr — 11 specimens collected
Matthew Parr — 8 specimens collected
Carrie Seltzer — 7 specimens collected
John Abrams — 7 specimens collected
Selim Peabody — 6 specimens collected
Jacob Gorneau — 6 specimens collected
Elliott Gordon — 5 specimens collected
Chris Kreussling — 4 specimens collected
Karolina Fucikova — 4 specimens collected
lucas wheeler — 4 specimens collected
Spencer Hardy — 4 specimens collected
Theodore Henry Frison — 3 specimens collected
Charles Hart — 3 specimens collected
Kent McFarland — 3 specimens collected
Zachary Dankowicz — 3 specimens collected
Evan Pannkuk — 3 specimens collected

Identified by

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

Tyler Grant — 295 specimens identified
Mark Rosenstein — 27 specimens identified
Stephen Shepherd — 17 specimens identified

Mark Olivier — 17 specimens identified
Elliott Gordon — 11 specimens identified
Michael J. W. Carr — 7 specimens identified
Jacob Gorneau — 5 specimens identified
Matthew Parr — 5 specimens identified
John Abrams — 5 specimens identified
Chloe Robinson — 3 specimens identified
Thilina Hettiarachchi — 3 specimens identified
Kyle C. Elshoff — 3 specimens identified
Daniel Hughes — 2 specimens identified
Kent McFarland — 2 specimens identified
Brian Peck-Sheng Wee — 2 specimens identified
Zachary Dankowicz — 2 specimens identified
Carrie Seltzer — 2 specimens identified
Evan Pannkuk — 2 specimens identified
Alexis Garretson — 2 specimens identified
Christopher Friesen — 2 specimens identified

References