Grasshoppers & Related Insects – Yorkshire Wildlife Guide

Grasshoppers & Related Insects

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Grasshoppers and Related Insects Recording Scheme of Britain and Ireland

Grasshoppers – Acrididae

Common Green Grasshopper - Omocestus viridulus — Common Green Grasshopper
Omocestus viridulus

Field Grasshopper - Chorthippus brunneus — Field Grasshopper
Chorthippus brunneus

Lesser Marsh Grasshopper - Chorthippus albomarginatus — Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
Chorthippus albomarginatus

Meadow Grasshopper - Chorthippus parallelus — Meadow Grasshopper
Chorthippus parallelus

Mottled Grasshopper - Myrmeleotettix maculatus — Mottled Grasshopper
Myrmeleotettix maculatus

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Crickets – Tettigoniidae

Bog Bush-cricket - Metrioptera brachyptera — Bog Bush-cricket
Metrioptera brachyptera

Long-winged Cone-head - Conocephalus fuscus — Long-winged Cone-head
Conocephalus fuscus

Oak Bush-cricket - Meconema thalassinum — Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema thalassinum

Short-winged Cone-head - Conocephalus dorsalis — Short-winged Cone-head
Conocephalus dorsalis

Roesel's Bush-cricket - Metrioptera roeselii — Roesel’s Bush-cricket
Metrioptera roeselii

Speckled Bush-cricket - Leptophyes punctatissima — Speckled Bush-cricket
Leptophyes punctatissima

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Groundhoppers – Tetrigidae

Common Groundhopper - Tetrix undulata — Common Groundhopper
Tetrix undulata

Slender Ground-hopper - Tetrix subulata — Slender Ground-hopper
Tetrix subulata

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Earwigs – Dermaptera

Common Earwig - Forficula auricularia — Common Earwig
Forficula auricularia

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