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Grasshoppers and crickets

31 species

Meadow Grasshopper

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
16,828
Scientific name
Pseudochorthippus parallelus

Dark Bush Cricket

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
12,688
Scientific name
Pholidoptera griseoaptera

Oak Bush Cricket

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,193
Scientific name
Meconema thalassinum

Mottled Grasshopper

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
2,707
Scientific name
Myrmeleotettix maculatus

Bog Bush Cricket

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,522
Scientific name
Metrioptera brachyptera

Grey Bush Cricket

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
661
Scientific name
Platycleis albopunctata

Wood Cricket

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
499
Scientific name
Nemobius sylvestris

Rufous Grasshopper

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
480
Scientific name
Gomphocerippus rufus

House Cricket

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
227
Scientific name
Acheta domesticus

Scaly Cricket

Peak month
October
Records since 2000
97
Scientific name
Pseudomogoplistes vicentae

Heath Grasshopper

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
79
Scientific name
Chorthippus vagans

Large Cone-head

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
78
Scientific name
Ruspolia nitidula

Field cricket

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
61
Scientific name
Gryllus campestris