Southerner

It’s only three years since R found the first Oak Bush-cricket either of us had ever seen, on an iris leaf in the wildlife pond, but since then I’ve found them quite regularly on different trees and shrubs around the … Continued

Striking

Having posted a Meadow Grasshopper yesterday, today I thought I’d present the other two common species from this area. The main image shows a strikingly marked female Lesser Marsh Grasshopper (Chorthippus albomarginatus). This species often looks quite pale and wan, … Continued

Conehead

A bit harsh, I think. OK, it is a bit cone-shaped, but I’m not sure it’s that much more pointy than the head of yesterday’s Meadow Grasshopper, and we’re certainly nowhere near Dan Ackroyd territory. But they didn’t ask me … Continued