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Lesser Marsh Grasshopper

Chorthippus albomarginatus

5,628Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr3
May41
Jun342
Jul1,746
Aug2,235
Sep1,071
Oct84
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England374
2Norfolk England291
3Kingston upon Hull, City of England270
4East Riding of Yorkshire England244
5Cambridgeshire England241
6Kent England239
7Gloucestershire England239
8Rutland England185
9Northamptonshire England138
10Suffolk England95
11Oxfordshire England89
12Leeds England75
13Lincolnshire England73
14Surrey England72
15Nottinghamshire England70
5,572 England55 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,628
Peak month
August
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Chorthippus albomarginatus
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,036
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Acrididae
Genus
Chorthippus
Name with authority
Chorthippus albomarginatus (De Geer, 1773)
Described
1773
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1755270 · GBIF 1708567