Oriental long-headed grasshopper
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The Oriental long-headed grasshopper has flat, sword-shaped antennae.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Oriental long-headed grasshopper
- Scientific name
- Acrida cinerea
- Japanese name
- ショウリョウバッタ
- Group
- Insects
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Acrididae
- Genus
- Acrida
Where the name “Oriental long-headed grasshopper” comes from
The name shouryou comes from its frequent appearance in cemeteries around the Obon festival.
国土交通省 太田川河川事務所A large grasshopper common in bright, dry grassy places along roadsides and riverbanks.
Its head is cone-shaped with a pointed tip, and its body is green or brown. Males are much smaller and slimmer than females.
It likes to eat grasses. When a male flies, it strikes its wings together to make a 'kichi-kichi' sound.
How the Oriental long-headed grasshopper lives
The young hatch from eggs around early summer. They become winged adults in late summer and early autumn. Females lay their eggs in the soil. They spend the winter as eggs.
国土交通省 太田川河川事務所Basic data
- Size
- Body length: males 40–52 mm, females 75–82 mm
- Diet
- Plants in the grass family
- Range
- Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa, mainland China, Korean Peninsula, Siberia, and elsewhere
Where the Oriental long-headed grasshopper has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ショウリョウバッタ
- 简体中文
- 中华剑角蝗
- 繁體中文
- 中華劍角蝗
- 한국어
- 방아깨비
- العربية
- جندب شرقي طويل الرأس
- Русский
- Акрида пепельная
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 国土交通省 太田川河川事務所 — 太田川生物誌 ショウリョウバッタChecked: 2026-11-03
- 国土交通省 大隅河川国道事務所 — 肝属川の生き物 ショウリョウバッタChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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