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title: "Criquet birayé"
description: "Melanoplus bivittatus — Insectes et araignées. Melanoplus bivittatus, the two-striped grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/two-striped-grasshopper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Criquet birayé

> Melanoplus bivittatus — Insectes et araignées. Melanoplus bivittatus, the two-striped grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae.

- Scientific name: *Melanoplus bivittatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prairies et champs)
- iNaturalist observations: 43272
- Wikidata: [Q6811521](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6811521)
- iNaturalist taxon: [129305](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/129305)

## Names

- en: Two-striped Grasshopper
- es: Chapulín rayado
- fr: Criquet birayé

## Countries with the most observations

US (19641), CA (14298)

## Summary

Melanoplus bivittatus, the two-striped grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae. It is commonly found in North America, and is especially abundant on the Canadian prairies.

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

## Photo

![Criquet birayé](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/two-striped-grasshopper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paul Manning · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59209573

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/two-striped-grasshopper?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).