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Common digging grasshopper

Acrotylus insubricus (Scopoli, 1786)

Status not recordedinsects

The common digging grasshopper (Acrotylus insubricus) is a species in the family Acrididae, order Orthoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Croatia.

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Quick facts about the common digging grasshopper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the common digging grasshopper live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The common digging grasshopper is listed for 1 country.

Croatia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Croatia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the common digging grasshopper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the common digging grasshopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOrthoptera
  5. familyAcrididae
  6. genusAcrotylus
  7. SpeciesAcrotylus insubricus (Scopoli, 1786)

Synonyms Gryllus insubricus

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Insubrische ÖdlandschreckeGerman
  • Œdipode grenadineFrench
  • דרכן מגושםHebrew
  • Debelonogi pješčarski skakavacCroatian
  • ÖnbeásósáskaHungarian
  • Gewoon stipschildDutch
  • кобылка зимняяRussian
  • koník zimnýSlovak
  • Oedipode milanaiseFrench
  • Œdipode milanaiseFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the common digging grasshopper

Other species in the same genus Acrotylus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the common digging grasshopper live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the common digging grasshopper for 1 country: Croatia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the common digging grasshopper?

The common digging grasshopper (Acrotylus insubricus) belongs to the family Acrididae in the order Orthoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Common digging grasshopper (Acrotylus insubricus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-digging-grasshopper

MLA

“Common digging grasshopper (Acrotylus insubricus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-digging-grasshopper.

BibTeX
@misc{common_digging_grasshopper_2026,
  title = {Common digging grasshopper (Acrotylus insubricus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-digging-grasshopper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}