A Selection of Grasshoppers and Crickets
Arizona's Sycamore Canyons

Water in the arid and semiarid regions of Arizona is often concentrated along narrow canyons draining from the high mountains. With a great variety of grasses and other plants these riparian corridors support a great diversity of insects. The greatest abundance and diversity are to be found in spring, March to May, and again in late summer, July to September, after the summer rains.

Arid Lands Grasshopper

Well concealed grasshopper feeds often within shrubs. Yellow and gray with black markings. Flies well, More ...

Snakeweed Grasshopper

Can be bright green or else various shades into brown with white striping. Often associated with namesake shrub. More ...

Three-banded Grasshopper

Three dark bands on each lateral surface distinguish this pale gray hopper. More ...

Oak Leaf Grasshopper

Looks so much like a dead oak leaf that predators ignore this insect. More ...

Montezuma Grasshopper

Notice the slanted face and the patterns on the top of the thorax and just behind eyes. Base color is highly variable. More ...

Short-winged Katydid

Bright green with white lines/marks. Long hair-like antennae and strong jumping legs. More ...

Angle-winged Katydid

The color and texture camouflages this insect well when it sits on a sycamore leaf. More ...

Field Cricket

Nocturnal insect famous for males' chirping. A number of species possible in our riparian woodlands. More ...

Ground Cricket

Small, secretive crickets that inhabit cavities near the soil surface. More ...