''Chorthippus vagans'', which may be called the heath grasshopper or steppe grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper belonging to the subfamily

Gomphocerinae Gomphocerinae, sometimes called "slant-faced grasshoppers", are a subfamily of grasshoppers found on every continent but Antarctica and Australia. Tribes and genera Tribes and genera include: Arcypterini Auth.: Bolívar, 1914 - Africa, Palearc ...

. It is found across the Palearctic through Russia and Kazakhstan, east to Siberia, and north to Denmark. It is rare in the British Isles. In Central Europe they are usually found at altitudes of . In the French Calcareous Alps, the species is found on

Mont Ventoux Mont Ventoux (; oc, Ventor, label= Provençal ) is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north side, the mountain borders the department of Drôme. At , it is the highest ...

up to an altitude of . The steppe grasshopper lives in warm and dry habitats with sparse, low vegetation.Heiko Bellmann: Der Kosmos Heuschreckenführer. Die Arten Mitteleuropas sicher bestimmen. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006,

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2345306 vagans Orthoptera of Europe Insects described in 1848