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Common Green Grasshopper

Omocestus viridulus

11,050Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr13
May421
Jun2,216
Jul3,838
Aug3,127
Sep745
Oct54
Nov1
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England630
2Cumbria England469
3North Yorkshire England411
4East Ayrshire Scotland377
5Powys Wales347
6Aberdeenshire Scotland319
7Highland Scotland287
8Norfolk England284
9Argyll and Bute Scotland252
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland243
11North Ayrshire Scotland240
12Leeds England219
13East Riding of Yorkshire England172
14Devon England170
15South Ayrshire Scotland145
7,259 England2,545 Scotland884 Wales281 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,050
Peak month
July
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Omocestus viridulus
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,176
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Acrididae
Genus
Omocestus
Name with authority
Omocestus viridulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1009929 · GBIF 1710755