Tuesday, 13 August 2013

New species - Meadow Grasshopper

I hadn't realised how similar some of the common grasshopper species are and how wide the colour variations are but this is a Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)according to Google images at least. The policy of leaving some grass uncut each year seems to be paying off in terms of inverterbrate numbers. I shall be looking to see if I can spot at least one more Orthopterid this month.

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