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Jersey grasshopper

Euchorthippus declivus (Brisout de Barneville, 1848)

Status not recordedinsects

The jersey grasshopper (Euchorthippus declivus) is a species in the family Acrididae, order Orthoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.35 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the jersey grasshopper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.8 cm – 2.35 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Scavenger
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Generations a year
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the jersey grasshopper?

JERSEY GRASSHOPPER · LENGTH 2.35 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.35 cm, the recorded maximum length of the jersey grasshopper is about 1.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the jersey grasshopper live?

Not recorded

Is the jersey 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 jersey grasshopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOrthoptera
  5. familyAcrididae
  6. genusEuchorthippus
  7. SpeciesEuchorthippus declivus (Brisout de Barneville, 1848)

Synonyms Acridium declivus, Chorthippus declivus, Chorthippus pulvinatus declivus, Chorthippus pulvinatus var. declivus, Euchorthippus declivus declivus, Euchorthippus meridionalis, Euchorthippus stichai, Euchortippus declivus, Euchortippus declivus stichai, Gomphocerus declivus, Stenobothrus declivus, Stenobothrus gracilis, Stenobothrus pulvinatus declivus

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Common straw grasshopperEnglish
  • Sharp-tailed grasshopperEnglish
  • saranče páskovanáCzech
  • Gewöhnlicher Dickkopf-GrashüpferGerman
  • Criquet du bromeFrench
  • Obični žitni skakavacCroatian
  • rövidszárnyú rétisáskaHungarian
  • Cortippo paglierinoItalian
  • Franse prairiesprinkhaanDutch
  • Koník hrubohlavýSlovak
  • kratkokrila suhotravkaSlovenian
  • Dickkopf-GrashüpferGerman
  • Criquet des bromesFrench
  • Criquet des mouillèresFrench
  • Le Criquet des mouillèresFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the jersey grasshopper

Other species in the same genus Euchorthippus.

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Common questions

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How big is the jersey grasshopper?

An adult jersey grasshopper measures 1.8 cm – 2.35 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the jersey grasshopper?

The jersey grasshopper (Euchorthippus declivus) 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). Jersey grasshopper (Euchorthippus declivus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/euchorthippus-declivus

MLA

“Jersey grasshopper (Euchorthippus declivus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/euchorthippus-declivus.

BibTeX
@misc{euchorthippus_declivus_2026,
  title = {Jersey grasshopper (Euchorthippus declivus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/euchorthippus-declivus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}