Thread subject: Diptera.info :: grasshoppers in love

Posted by Sundew on 27-03-2008 01:46
#1

Hello,
Does anyone know the species name of the grasshopper couple I saw in my garden in September?
Thanks, Sundew

Posted by Sergey Golubev on 27-03-2008 09:50
#2

Hello!
Looks like some Chorthippus. There are many species in the genus, maybe someone knows the species. As for me, they are very difficult for identification (tried many times, but failured:)).
Sergey

Posted by Smoggycb on 27-03-2008 11:12
#3

In Britain I would have said Chorthippus albomarginatus (Lesser Marsh Grasshopper) - the pronotal side keels (roughly the line of the division between the straw and green colouration on the thorax) appear fairly straight, and it quite often has this two tone pattern. However, similar species may occur in continental Europe.

Edited by Smoggycb on 27-03-2008 11:13