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Common mountain grasshopper

Podisma pedestris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedinsects

The common mountain grasshopper (Podisma pedestris) is a species in the family Acrididae, order Orthoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.75 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the common mountain grasshopper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
2.1 cm – 2.75 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Scavenger
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland, rocky, shrubland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Generations a year
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the common mountain grasshopper?

COMMON MOUNTAIN GRASSHOPPER · LENGTH 2.75 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.75 cm, the recorded maximum length of the common mountain grasshopper is about 1.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the common mountain grasshopper live?

Not recorded

Is the common mountain 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 mountain grasshopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOrthoptera
  5. familyAcrididae
  6. genusPodisma
  7. SpeciesPodisma pedestris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Acrydium pedestre, Gryllus pedestris

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • saranče modronoháCzech
  • Gewöhnliche GebirgsschreckeGerman
  • Saltamontes de montaña comúnSpanish
  • Sinisäär-tirtsEstonian
  • kangassirkkaFinnish
  • Miramelle des morainesFrench
  • Gorski skakavac stjenoplazCroatian
  • tarka hegyisáskaHungarian
  • Besparnis skėriukasLithuanian
  • skoggresshoppeNorwegian Bokmål
  • Gewone bergsprinkhaanDutch
  • skoggrashoppeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • bezskrzydlak pieszyPolish
  • Кобылка бескрылая пешаяRussian
  • koník belasonohýSlovak
  • skogsgräshoppaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the common mountain grasshopper

Other species in the same genus Podisma.

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Common questions

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How big is the common mountain grasshopper?

An adult common mountain grasshopper measures 2.1 cm – 2.75 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common mountain grasshopper?

The common mountain grasshopper (Podisma pedestris) 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 mountain grasshopper (Podisma pedestris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-mountain-grasshopper

MLA

“Common mountain grasshopper (Podisma pedestris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-mountain-grasshopper.

BibTeX
@misc{common_mountain_grasshopper_2026,
  title = {Common mountain grasshopper (Podisma pedestris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-mountain-grasshopper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}