Stenacris vitreipennis, known generally as the glassy-winged toothpick grasshopper or glassy-winged locust, is a species of spur-throat toothpick grasshopper in the family Acrididae.
They have green to brownish green, long, slender, pointed head,sword-shaped antennae and spine beneath head in front of forelegs, distinguishing it from somewhat similar slant-faced grasshoppers, subfamily Gomphocerinae.
[5] They are usually found in semiaquatic vegetation such as cattails (Typha spp.)
and Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata).
Orthopetra species file This article about a member of the grasshopper family Acrididae is a stub.