Large marsh grasshopper  (Stethophyma grossum)

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Range

Distributed locally across Europe (except the extreme south) from northern Spain through the former USSR to Siberia. In Great Britain it is restricted to southern England in the New Forest, Hampshire, and the Dorset heaths and is extremely local in its occurrence. Its status on the Somerset Levels and in Surrey is currently unclear.

You can view distribution information for this species at the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.

Habitat

Found in wet, marshy locations, typically quaking acidic bogs in association with purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea), bog myrtle (Myrica gale), cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) and white-beaked sedge (Rhynchospora alba). It was formerly known from fenland habitat, wet meadows and riverside areas.

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