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List Of Orthoptera And Allied Insects Of Great Britain
__NOTOC__ The following is a list of the species of grasshopper, cricket and allied insects recorded from Britain. The insect orders covered by this list are: * the Orthoptera - Grasshoppers and crickets * the Dermaptera - earwigs * the Blattodea - cockroaches This article lists the native species only. A number of other species have been found in the wild as vagrants or accidental introductions. Many of the Orthopteran common names were synthesised from older sources or coined where necessary by Dr. DR Ragge. Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets) Suborder Ensifera (crickets) Family Tettigoniidae (bush-crickets) # Oak bush-cricket ''Meconema thalassinum'' # Southern oak bush-cricket '' Meconema meridionale'' (since 2001) # Great green bush-cricket ''Tettigonia viridissima'' # Wart-biter '' Decticus verrucivorus'' # Dark bush-cricket ''Pholidoptera griseoaptera'' # Grey bush-cricket '' Platycleis albopunctata'' # Bog bush-cricket '' Metrioptera brachyptera'' # Roes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshoppers are typically ground-dwelling insects with powerful hind legs which allow them to escape from threats by leaping vigorously. As hemimetabolous insects, they do not undergo complete metamorphosis; they hatch from an egg into a nymph or "hopper" which undergoes five moults, becoming more similar to the adult insect at each developmental stage. The grasshopper hears through the tympanal organ which can be found in the first segment of the abdomen attached to the thorax; while its sense of vision is in the compound eyes, the change in light intensity is perceived in the simple eyes (ocelli). At high population densities and under certain environmental conditions, some grasshopper species can change color and behavior and form swarms. Under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Green Bush-cricket
''Tettigonia viridissima'', the great green bush-cricket, is a large species of bush-cricket belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. Distribution and habitat This species can be encountered in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa, especially in meadows, grasslands, prairies and occasionally in gardens at an elevation up to above sea level. Description The adult males grow up to long, while females reach . This insect is most often completely green (but there are specimens completely yellowish or with yellow legs), excluding a rust-colored band on top of the body. The organ of the stridulation of the males is generally brown. ''Tettigonia viridissima'' is distinguished by its very long and thin antennae, which can sometimes reach up to three times the length of the body, thus differentiating them from grasshoppers, which always carry short antennae. It could be confused with ''Tettigonia cantans'', whose wings are a centime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptophyes Punctatissima
The speckled bush-cricket (''Leptophyes punctatissima'') is a flightless species of bush-cricket belonging to the family Tettigoniidae. The species was originally described as ''Locusta punctatissima'' in 1792.Bosc. 1792. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1:44 Distribution The speckled bush-cricket is common across much of Europe. It ranges from the British Isles, France, Poland and Belgium in the west to the European parts of Russia in the east, and from southern Scandinavia in the north to southern Italy, Bulgaria and Greece. It has been recorded as far south as Israel. It is also present in the Nearctic realm. Habitat This species mainly occurs in dry shrubby environments, in open woodland, in scrub, hedgerows and in gardens, with birch, bramble and gorse.Martin DavieGrasshoppers, Crickets and Bush-Crickets in Devon/ref> Description ''Leptophyes punctatissima'' can reach a body length of about . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speckled Bush-cricket
The speckled bush-cricket (''Leptophyes punctatissima'') is a flightless species of bush-cricket belonging to the family Tettigoniidae. The species was originally described as ''Locusta punctatissima'' in 1792.Bosc. 1792. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1:44 Distribution The speckled bush-cricket is common across much of Europe. It ranges from the British Isles, France, Poland and Belgium in the west to the European parts of Russia in the east, and from southern Scandinavia in the north to southern Italy, Bulgaria and Greece. It has been recorded as far south as Israel. It is also present in the Nearctic realm. Habitat This species mainly occurs in dry shrubby environments, in open woodland, in scrub, hedgerows and in gardens, with birch, bramble and gorse.Martin DavieGrasshoppers, Crickets and Bush-Crickets in Devon/ref> Description ''Leptophyes punctatissima'' can reach a body length of about . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conocephalus Dorsalis
''Conocephalus dorsalis'', the short-winged conehead, is a bush cricket species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Conocephalinae. It is a hygrophilous species, and is therefore common in wet meadows and slow-flowing streams with floating plants, lowland peatlands, reed beds . It is found throughout Europe and it is common in northern Germany, Britain and southern Scandinavia Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea is a database of the scientific names and distribution of all living multicellular European land and fresh-water animals. It serves as a standard taxonomic source for animal taxonomy within the Pan-European Species directories Infras ... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q1794437 Orthoptera of Europe Insects described in 1804 dorsalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conocephalus Fuscus
''Conocephalus fuscus'', the long-winged conehead, is a member of the family Tettigoniidae, the bush-crickets and is distributed through much of Europe and temperate Asia. This bush-cricket is native to the British Isles where it may confused with the short-winged conehead (''Conocephalus dorsalis''). These two species are phenotypically similar; however, the distinguishing factor between the two is the fully developed set of wings the long-winged conehead possesses that allows for flight. In the short-winged coneheads the hind wings are shorter than the abdomen, causing the wings to be vestigial and the species is incapable of flight. For this reason it is hard to discriminate between the two species during the early stages of their life cycle before the wings have fully developed. The colouration of the conehead is typically a grass green with a distinctive brown stripe down its back, though there are some brown phenotypes. Scientific name Some authorities, following H. Radclyff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roeseliana Roeselii
Roesel's bush-cricket, ''Roeseliana roeselii'' (synonym ''Metrioptera roeselii'') is a European bush-cricket, named after August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, a German entomologist. Morphology Adult insects Adult Roesel's bush-crickets are medium-sized Tettigoniid between 13–26 mm in length. They are normally brown or yellow, often with a greenish shade and a rarer green form also sometimes occurs. An identifying feature is the yellow-green spots along the abdomen, just behind the pronotum, along with a matching margin along the border of the pronotum. This margin is entire, unlike the bog bush-cricket. Males and females can be easily differentiated, as the females have a long sword-like ovipositor at the end of their abdomen, which the males lack. Macropterous form Both male and female adults are normally brachypterous. However, a macropterous form, f. diluta (described by Charpentier 1825) also exists. These have much longer wings, and usually make up less tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roesel's Bush-cricket
Roesel's bush-cricket, ''Roeseliana roeselii'' (synonym ''Metrioptera roeselii'') is a European bush-cricket, named after August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, a German entomologist. Morphology Adult insects Adult Roesel's bush-crickets are medium-sized Tettigoniid between 13–26 mm in length. They are normally brown or yellow, often with a greenish shade and a rarer green form also sometimes occurs. An identifying feature is the yellow-green spots along the abdomen, just behind the pronotum, along with a matching margin along the border of the pronotum. This margin is entire, unlike the bog bush-cricket. Males and females can be easily differentiated, as the females have a long sword-like ovipositor at the end of their abdomen, which the males lack. Macropterous form Both male and female adults are normally brachypterous. However, a macropterous form, f. diluta (described by Charpentier 1825) also exists. These have much longer wings, and usually make up less than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metrioptera Brachyptera
''Metrioptera brachyptera'' is a species in the family Tettigoniidae commonly called the bog bush cricket. ''M. brachyptera'' has a body length of 12–16 mm, with color ranging from brownish, with green elements on the upper side of the head and forearm, as well as on the sides of the body. In the female, the hind legs are often partly weakly greenish. As the name suggests, The wings are usually brachypterous Brachyptery is an anatomical condition in which an animal has very reduced wings. Such animals or their wings may be described as "brachypterous". Another descriptor for very small wings is microptery. Brachypterous wings generally are not functi ..., although long-winged morphs may be found. Its range extends to most of Europe, except the Iberian peninsula. It is typically found in bogs, marshes, and other wetlands. The males can be fairly aggressive and attract mates with a song consisting of a simple repeated "zirr". Gallery Kurzflügelige Beißschrecke (Metrio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycleis Albopunctata
''Platycleis albopunctata'' is a species of European bush cricket in the tribe Platycleidini. This species occurs throughout Europe and in North Africa; several subspecies have been described (below). The nominate subspecies occurs in the British Isles The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ... where it is often called the grey bush cricket. Description and Biology In mainland Europe, grey bush crickets can be confused with the very similar to '' P. grisea''. Their habitat includes areas with low and dry vegetation, such as sunny slopes and sandy open fields. The primary colour of the body is greyish to brownish, often with reddish brown elements on the upper side of the head and neck. The wings are long. ''P. albopunctata'' is omnivorous, eating both plants and smalle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pholidoptera Griseoaptera
The dark bush-cricket (''Pholidoptera griseoaptera'') is a flightless species of European bush-cricket; it is the type species of its genus with no subspecies. Description ''Pholidoptera griseoaptera'' can reach a body length of 11 to 21 mm (males) and 15 to 20 mm (females), much smaller than the similar '' Pholidoptera aptera''. The sickle-shaped and upward curved ovipositor of the females is 8 to 10 mm long, while the males have two short cerci. The antennae and the hind legs are quite long. The rounded brachypterous wings of the males are brown with light brown to ochre-coloured edges and are about 5 mm in length (about as long as the pronotum). The females are almost wingless or have half-round, grey-brown fore-wings that are 1-2 mm long. Long-winged (macropterous) forms are not recorded. Distribution and Biology This species can be found in Europe from northern Spain up to Crimea, Caucasus and the Near East. It is fairly common in Great Britain, but not recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Bush-cricket
The dark bush-cricket (''Pholidoptera griseoaptera'') is a flightless species of European bush-cricket; it is the type species of its genus with no subspecies. Description ''Pholidoptera griseoaptera'' can reach a body length of 11 to 21 mm (males) and 15 to 20 mm (females), much smaller than the similar '' Pholidoptera aptera''. The sickle-shaped and upward curved ovipositor of the females is 8 to 10 mm long, while the males have two short cerci. The antennae and the hind legs are quite long. The rounded brachypterous wings of the males are brown with light brown to ochre-coloured edges and are about 5 mm in length (about as long as the pronotum). The females are almost wingless or have half-round, grey-brown fore-wings that are 1-2 mm long. Long-winged (macropterous) forms are not recorded. Distribution and Biology This species can be found in Europe from northern Spain up to Crimea, Caucasus and the Near East. It is fairly common in Great Britain, but not recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
