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__________________________________________________ Grasshoppers and Crickets 31 – Lesser Marsh Grasshoppers

 

 

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (m )

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (m)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (m)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (m)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

A insect on a branch Description automatically generated

 

 

LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

A insect on the grass Description automatically generated

 

 

LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

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LESSER MARSH GRASSHOPPER Chorthippus albomarginatus (f)

 

 

·         The Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus is comparatively straightforward to identify when compared to some other members of the British grasshopper fauna. Well, the females are anyway. The pronotal side-keels are essentially parallel in both sexes but the most conspicuous feature only occurs in most (although not all) females, namely the bold, creamy-white stripe known as the ‘linea scapularis’ close to the costal margin. The ground colour is variable, but usually pastel green or brown – and the colour distribution is not necessarily consistent between individuals. The wings are comparatively short (but compare with Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus, also illustrated on this web site). They also (as will be evident from the photographs) are sometimes inadvertently nibbled by other grasshoppers! As they would in all probability eat at least some of their own shed larval skins during development (nutrient recycling!) this would probably make a minor contribution to their diet. This species occurs in the southern counties and although the habitat requirements are varied there is a known association with river flood plains and coastal dunes. The above examples were photographed in London on a small patch of rough ground adjacent to a road that was also (oddly) shared with a small population of Rufous Grasshoppers Gomphocerippus rufus (also illustrated elsewhere on this web site), apparently some distance away from their typical habitat. Mixed colonies of grasshopper species are by no means uncommon!

 

 

 

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