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Wart-biter grasshopper

Decticus verrucivorus

96Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
1Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May3
Jun8
Jul12
Aug46
Sep25
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England9
96 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 1 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
96
Peak month
August
Counties with records
1
Scientific name
Decticus verrucivorus
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
NBN Atlas records since 2000
91
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Decticus
Name with authority
Decticus verrucivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q958048 · GBIF 1690685