Orthoptera of P.E.I.


Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Subfamily: Melanoplinae)


Melanoplus bivittatusMelanoplus femurrubrum

Common Names

  • Spur-throated Grasshoppers
  • Spurthroat Grasshoppers
  • Spurthroats

Diversity in P.E.I.

  • 2 Genera
  • 7 Species


Genera in Melanoplinae

Move up a level to Acrididae