Identifying animals on our land |
Ants, Bees and Wasps | Beetles | Bugs | Butterflies | Crickets and Grasshoppers | Crustaceans | Flies |
Mayflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies | Moths | Spiders | Amphibians and Reptiles | Birds | Mammals |
Crickets and Grasshoppers 2024 - 39 UK species |
Family: Tetrigidae - Ground-Hoppers (2 species) | |
Common Groundhopper - Tetrix undulata Seen on surface of John's Pond ![]() Photographed and first ID 29th April 2025 |
Slender Groundhopper - Tetrix subulata Seen on surface of John's Pond ![]() Photographed and first ID 23rd May 2025 |
Family: Tettigonlidae - Bush Crickets (3 species) | |
Dark bush-cricket (male) - Pholidoptera griseoaptera Allotment, seen throughout August and early Sept, males and females ![]() Photographed 1st September 2024 |
Long-winged conehead - Conocephalus fuscus Allotment, seen once in August 24 ![]() Photographed and first ID 21st August 2024 |
Roesel's bush-cricket - Metrioptera roeselii Oak field, seen once in August 24 ![]() Photographed and first ID 10th August 2024 |
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Family: Acrididae - Grasshoppers (2 species) | |
Green grasshopper - Omocestus viridulus
Seen occasionally in Oak field ![]() Photographed 13th July 2025 (first ID 30th May 2025) |
Meadow grasshopper - Pseudochorthippus parallelus Very common especially in Oak field and allotment July to September ![]() Photographed and first ID 14th July 2024 |