Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus
Crickets and Grasshoppers belong to the order Orthoptera and the current UK list contains around 30 species, including several known migrants/accidentals. Nottinghamshire currently has 15 species on it's list. The Mottled Grasshopper prefers dry places such as heathland. In Nottinghamshire, Budby South Forest is certainly one of the best places to find this variable species, but the male can be identified by the clubbed antennae.
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UK distribution of Myrmeleotettix maculatus
 

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Updated September 2011

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