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Originally Posted by JRsbugs 
Does anyone have a good description in a good book of the Field Grasshopper? As far as the pics in the Gallery go, I wouldn't take anything for certain as I do know many pics there are incorrect, take for example all (19 pics on last view) of Calliphora vomitoria are incorrect, there seems to be no-one who will make the corrections even when pointed out.    |
Sorry if I've misunderstood you here, but I'm sure that the two photos that I posted are of Field Grasshoppers, id points include:
-Costal bulge on wing
-Very hairy thorax
-Keels strongly angled
These features combined rule out the other UK species. The book 'A Photographic Guide to the Grasshoppers & Crickets of Britain and Ireland' is a very useful one for identification, a few of the male Field Grasshoppers illustrated show similar wing shapes to the ones in the photos I posted. Bow-winged Grasshopper is mentioned as a potential colonist too, although it doesn't included photos or details of how to identify them.
Guy