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Grasshoppers & Crickets

Grasshoppers & Crickets are an insect order, of which 69

different species were observed in the Netherlands.

Worldwide, about 25,000 species of this order have been described. Of these, 69 were found in the Netherlands and 47 species have actually settled in our country.

Within this species, a distinction is made between the crickets

(or long-chested) and the grasshoppers (or short-chipped).

There are two families which represent the Grasshoppers, being the

real Grasshoppers and the Groundhoppers.

The Crickets are represented by 5 families, being the Tree -, Cave -, Saber - Mole - and True Crickets.

Identifying grasshoppers is a difficult job, because there are many color variants within the different species. Determination

by the color alone is therefore not an option.

In particular the neck shield, antennae, hind legs, wings and the sex organ can be important in determining the right kind.

Fortunately, nowadays there are determination tables, with

which you can look for the right species step by step.

Below a number of photo's of species that I have observed so far:

Roesel's bush-cricket (male)

Roesel's bush-cricket (male)

(Roeseliana roeselii)

Roesel's bush-cricket (female)

Roesel's bush-cricket (female)

(Roeseliana roeselii)

Large Golden Grasshopper ♂

Large Golden Grasshopper ♂

(Chrysochraon dispar)

Large Golden Grasshopper ♀

Large Golden Grasshopper ♀

(Chrysochraon dispar)

Biguttulus-group ♀

Biguttulus-group ♀

(Chorthippus biguttulus-group)

Lesser Marsh Grasshopper ♀

Lesser Marsh Grasshopper ♀

(Chorthippus albomarginatus)

Field Grasshopper ♂

Field Grasshopper ♂

(Chorthippus brunneus)

Mottled Grasshopper ♂

Mottled Grasshopper ♂

(Myrmeleotettix maculatus)

Mottled Grasshopper ♀

Mottled Grasshopper ♀

(Myrmeleotettix maculatus)

Common Green Grasshopper

Common Green Grasshopper

(Omocestus viridulus)

Woodland Grasshopper ♀

Woodland Grasshopper ♀

(Omocestus rufipes)

Meadow grasshopper ♀

Meadow grasshopper ♀

(Pseudochorthippus parallelus)

Stripe-winged Grasshopper ♂

Stripe-winged Grasshopper ♂

(Stenobothrus lineatus)

Lesser mottled grasshopper ♀

Lesser mottled grasshopper ♀

(Stenobothrus stigmaticus )

Lesser mottled grasshopper (nimf)

Lesser mottled grasshopper (nimf)

(Stenobothrus stigmaticus)

Large Marsh Grasshopper ♂

Large Marsh Grasshopper ♂

(Stethophyma grossum)

Short-winged Cone-head ♂

Short-winged Cone-head ♂

(Conocephalus dorsalis)

Short-winged Cone-head ♀

Short-winged Cone-head ♀

(Conocephalus dorsalis)

Long-winged Cone-head ♀

Long-winged Cone-head ♀

(Conocephalus fuscus)

Speckled Bush-cricket ♂

Speckled Bush-cricket ♂

(Leptophyes punctatissima)

Speckled Bush-cricket ♀

Speckled Bush-cricket ♀

(Leptophyes punctatissima)

Speckled Bush-cricket (nimf)

Speckled Bush-cricket (nimf)

(Leptophyes punctatissima)

Great Green Bush Cricket ♂

Great Green Bush Cricket ♂

(Tettigonia viridissima)

Great Green Bush Cricket♀

Great Green Bush Cricket♀

(Tettigonia viridissima)

Common Ground-hopper ♂

Common Ground-hopper ♂

(Tetrix undulata)

Common Ground-hopper ♀

Common Ground-hopper ♀

(Tetrix undulata)

House cricket ♀

House cricket ♀

(Acheta domesticus)