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title: "Crackling Forest Grasshopper"
description: "Trimerotropis verruculata — Owady i pająki. Trimerotropis verruculata, known generally as the crackling forest grasshopper or cracker grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/crackling-forest-grasshopper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Crackling Forest Grasshopper

> Trimerotropis verruculata — Owady i pająki. Trimerotropis verruculata, known generally as the crackling forest grasshopper or cracker grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae.

- Scientific name: *Trimerotropis verruculata*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7806
- Wikidata: [Q10703887](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10703887)
- iNaturalist taxon: [153394](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153394)

## Names

- en: Crackling Forest Grasshopper
- es: Chapulín chicharrón de bosque
- fr: Criquet verruqueux

## Countries with the most observations

US (3061), CA (1547)

## Summary

Trimerotropis verruculata, known generally as the crackling forest grasshopper or cracker grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America. Its English common name comes from the distinctive cracking sound it makes as it flies.  Its specific scientific name is derived from the Latin word for wart or excrescence and refers to its mottled rough appearance which probably provides camouflage on the exposed gravel, rock and ledge where it is often found.

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

## Photo

![Crackling Forest Grasshopper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/crackling-forest-grasshopper/medium.jpg)

Photo: dougbrown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90334948

## Machine access

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