| Crickets and
Grasshoppers belong to the order Orthoptera and
the current UK list contains around 30 species, including
several known migrants/accidentals. The Long-winged
Conehead is a large species. Nottinghamshire's first
record of this rapidly
spreading species, came in August 2007
when it was first discovered at Keyworth Meadow in the
far south of the county. It was then found at
Attenborough Nature Reserve and spread north-east up the
Trent Valley over the next few years. In August 2011, it
was discovered at Shirebrook Pit Wood by Roy Frost and we
have found it more recently on wasteground at New
Ollerton in October 2012. |
