What’s the difference between a cricket and a grasshopper?
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Even in the very early nymph stages crickets can easily be identified from grasshoppers by their extraordinarily long antennae. This tiny Speckled Bush-Cricket photographed in the garden (above left) had a body length of little more than 3-4mm yet its … Read More

British grasshoppers – Mottled Grasshopper
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Several Mottled Grasshoppers have been seen in recent weeks while visiting Cornwall’s north coast sand dune systems in search of rarer species such as Stripe-winged Grasshopper (Stenobothrus lineatus). Insight into Mottled Grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus): common throughout most of the UK … Read More

Slender Groundhopper leads us a merry dance at Rosemullion Head in Cornwall
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This Slender Groundhopper was disturbed from grass during a cliff top walk around Rosemullion Head at the mouth of the Helford Estuary in Cornwall. That’s when the fun began! The groundhopper is small, well camouflaged and fast so getting a … Read More

Common Groundhopper (Tetrix undulata) – female
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Common name: Common Groundhopper Latin name: Tetrix undulata Family: Groundhoppers (Tetrigidae) Adults seen: All year This photo: Marsland valley, Cornwall and Devon county boundary

Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) – female
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Common name: Field Grasshopper Latin name: Chorthippus brunneus Family: Acrididae >> Gomphocerinae Adults seen: June to early December This photo Date: 23 July Location: The Lizard, Cornwall

Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
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Common name: Meadow Grasshopper Latin name: Chorthippus parallelus Family: Acrididae >> Gomphocerinae Adults seen: June to September This photo Date: 16 July Location: garden, Marsland valley, Cornwall

Slender Groundhopper (Tetrix subulata)
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Common name: Slender Groundhopper Latin name: Tetrix subulata Family: Groundhoppers (Orthoptera >> Caelifera >> Acridoidea >> Tetrigidae) Date: 26 June Location: Braunton Burrows, Devon

Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
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Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)

Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
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Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus).