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Woodland Grasshopper

Omocestus rufipes

562Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun38
Jul130
Aug229
Sep143
Oct9
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England39
2Gloucestershire England27
3Dorset England26
4Oxfordshire England11
5Cornwall England11
6West Berkshire England9
7Surrey England6
8Somerset England5
9Norfolk England2
10Devon England1
11Medway England1
561 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
562
Peak month
August
Counties with records
11
Scientific name
Omocestus rufipes
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
NBN Atlas records since 2000
542
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Acrididae
Genus
Omocestus
Name with authority
Omocestus rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1821)
Described
1821
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2381053 · GBIF 1710802