| Crickets and
Grasshoppers belong to the order Orthoptera and
the current UK list contains around 30 species, including
several known migrants and accidentals. Nottinghamshire currently has 15
species on it's list. Meadow Grasshopper is another common
grasshopper of grassy areas. The adults are
green-coloured but often with brown wings and some adults
can be entirely brown. The side-keels of the pronotum are
only very slightly incurved. Some adult females and
nymphs can be vivid pink/purple. Male Meadow Grasshoppers
are fully-winged, but the females are usually
short-winged, though fully-winged females can occur. |
