| Crickets and
Grasshoppers belong to the order Orthoptera and the current UK
list contains around 30 species, including several known migrants and
occasional accidentals. Nottinghamshire has 15 species on it's list and
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper is one of several recent colonisers, first
appearing here in 2000 and twenty years later, is often the most widespread and common species at any grassy
site. Very similar to the
Meadow Grasshopper, Lesser Marsh Grasshopper is a
duller species, usually being straw or light
green-coloured and distinctly less bright green than
Meadow Grasshopper. The almost parallel side keels of the
pronotum, are a good pointer towards identification and
this Grasshopper is fully-winged, though the wings rarely reach
the end of the abdomen. |
