| Crickets and
Grasshoppers belong to the order Orthoptera and
the current UK list contains around 30 species, including
several known migrants and accidentals. There are 15 species currently
known from Nottinghamshire. Common Green Grasshopper is indeed a common
species of grassy areas, including meadows and woodland rides. This is another of the largely green or
green and brown Grasshoppers, but there is never any red
or orange colouration on the abdomen, a feature which
helps towards identification. Adult females are green
along the top of the head and pronotum, though can be
green, brown or even bright purple elsewhere. The
side-keels of the pronotum are gently incurved and both
sexes are fully-winged. |
