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title: "Short-winged Green Grasshopper"
description: "Dichromorpha viridis — Insekten & Spinnen. Dichromorpha viridis, the short-winged green grasshopper, is a common species of slant-faced grasshoppers found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/short-winged-green-grasshopper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Short-winged Green Grasshopper

> Dichromorpha viridis — Insekten & Spinnen. Dichromorpha viridis, the short-winged green grasshopper, is a common species of slant-faced grasshoppers found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Dichromorpha viridis*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld)
- iNaturalist observations: 17507
- Wikidata: [Q5272562](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5272562)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146635](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146635)

## Names

- en: Short-winged Green Grasshopper

## Countries with the most observations

US (6941), CA (62), MX (48)

## Summary

Dichromorpha viridis, the short-winged green grasshopper, is a common species of slant-faced grasshoppers found in North America.
Males of this grasshopper, as the common name suggests, are mostly green in color with a face that slants dorsally. They are about 14-22 mm in length. The females, however, are typically brown, and usually much larger than the male at around 23-30 mm.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichromorpha_viridis

## Photo

![Short-winged Green Grasshopper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/short-winged-green-grasshopper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mike Mulqueen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7029330

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/short-winged-green-grasshopper?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).