''Trimerotropis verruculata'', known generally as the crackling forest grasshopper or cracker grasshopper, is a species of
band-winged grasshopper
Bandwings, or band-winged grasshoppers, are the subfamily Oedipodinae of grasshoppers classified under the family Acrididae. They have a worldwide distribution and were originally elevated to full family status as the Oedipodidae. Many species ...
in the family
Acrididae
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. It is found in North America.
[ Its English common name comes from the distinctive cracking sound it makes as it flies. Its ]specific
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scientific name
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is derived from the Latin
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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.
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species ''Trimerotropis verruculata'':
* ''Trimerotropis verruculata suffusa'' Scudder, 1876 (crackling forest grasshopper)
* ''Trimerotropis verruculata verruculata'' (Kirby, 1837) (crackling locust)
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Oedipodinae
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Insects described in 1837
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