Common field grasshopper  (Chorthippus brunneus)

Species information

Videos and images

Authentication

Information authenticated by Professor Mike Ritchie of the University of St Andrews
http://biology.st-and.ac.uk, with the support of the British Ecological Society
http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org

Glossary

Incomplete metamorphosis: Type of insect development (also known as hemimetabolous development) in which the adult form is reached via a series of moults. The larva (nymph) resembles a miniature wingless adult; the wings develop externally as the nymph grows.
Larvae: Stage in an animal's lifecycle after it hatches from the egg. Larvae are typically very different in appearance to adults; they are able to feed and move around but usually are unable to reproduce.
Stridulation: Production of sound by rubbing a file across a membrane. In insects, often a file on a wing rubs against the surface of the other wing, or the file is on a leg which is scraped on the wing.

References

  1. National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (March, 2003)
    http://www.nbn.org.uk
  2. Sterry, P. (1997) Collins Complete British Wildlife Photoguide. Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, London.
  3. Mahon, A. (1988) Grasshoppers and Bush-crickets. Shire Publications Ltd, Aylesbury.
  4. Ritchie, M. (2004) Pers. Comm.
  5. Marshall, J.A. and Haes, E.C.M. (1988) Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland. Harley Books, Colchester.
  6. O'Toole, C. (2002) The New Encyclopedia of Insects and their Allies. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  7. Ragge, D.R. and Reynolds, W.J. (1998) The Songs of the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe. Harley Books, Colchester.