Arne – grasshoppers (or are they crickets?)
Whilst at Arne I discovered that there were many more varieties of cricket/grasshopper in this country than I’d imagined. These creatures are spectacularly cool, not only are they blessed with the most amazing propulsion system, but they also have wings. If you were playing invertebrate trumps then surely these would be a great card to have in your hand.
Apparently there are three main types of Grasshopper, Common Field Grasshoppers, Meadow Grasshoppers and Lesser Marsh Grasshoppers. I’m afraid, from the id notes I’ve found on the subject, I only seem to have decent pictures of the first two types…
- Chorthippus brunneus – Common Field Grasshopper?
- Chorthippus parallelus – Meadow grasshopper?
- I think this is another Chorthippus brunneus – Common Field Grasshopper?
- And probably another Field Grasshopper
- Unfortunately a shot in poor light of what is probably a meadow grasshopper.






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