Maryland Biodiversity Project - Ledge Grasshopper (Spharagemon saxatile)

Ledge Grasshopper Spharagemon saxatile Morse, 1894

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Orthoptera > Family Acrididae > Genus Spharagemon Ledge Grasshopper - Spharagemon saxatile - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/8030

Can be common within appropriate habitat, but local. Probably only present in Piedmont and mountains.

This species inhabits sunny, open barren areas with rocks and sparse vegetation, both natural and man-made.

There are 8 records in the project database.

A male Ledge Grasshopper in Green Ridge SF, Allegany Co., Maryland (9/15/2012). Photo by J.B. Churchill. (MBP list)

A Ledge Grasshopper in Allegany Co., Maryland (2/14/2020). Determined by Brandon Woo/BugGuide. Photo by William Blauvelt. (MBP list)

Ledge Grasshopper in Allegany Co., Maryland (9/4/2022). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Judy Gallagher. (MBP list)

Ledge Grasshopper in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/25/2023). (c) Bill Blauvelt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Bill Blauvelt via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Ledge Grasshopper in Allegany Co., Maryland (9/2/2019). (c) Bill Blauvelt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Bill Blauvelt via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Ledge Grasshopper in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/25/2023). (c) Bill Blauvelt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Bill Blauvelt via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

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