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Yellow-striped locust

Melanoplus bivittatus (Say, 1825)

Status not recordedinsects

The yellow-striped locust (Melanoplus bivittatus) is a species in the family Acrididae, order Orthoptera.

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Quick facts about the yellow-striped locust

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
Not recorded

Where does the yellow-striped locust live?

Not recorded

Is the yellow-striped locust 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 yellow-striped locust classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOrthoptera
  5. familyAcrididae
  6. genusMelanoplus
  7. SpeciesMelanoplus bivittatus (Say, 1825)

Synonyms Acridium bivittatus, Acridium femoratum, Acridium flavovittatum, Acridium milberti, Acrydium flavo-vittatum, Acrydium flavovittatum, Caloptenus bivittatus, Caloptenus femoratus, Heteracris rejecta, Heteracris vitticeps, Heteracris vittipes, Melanoplus bivittatus bivittatus, Melanoplus bivittatus femoratus, Pezotettix bivittatus, Pezotettix edax, Podisma edax, Schistocerca milberti

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Two-striped grasshopperEnglish
  • Twostriped grasshopperEnglish
  • Chapulín rayadoSpanish
  • criquet birayéFrench
  • BapakineOjibwa
  • Кобылка двухполосаяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the yellow-striped locust

Other species in the same genus Melanoplus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the yellow-striped locust?

The yellow-striped locust (Melanoplus bivittatus) 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). Yellow-striped locust (Melanoplus bivittatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-striped-locust

MLA

“Yellow-striped locust (Melanoplus bivittatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-striped-locust.

BibTeX
@misc{yellow_striped_locust_2026,
  title = {Yellow-striped locust (Melanoplus bivittatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-striped-locust},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}