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Originally Posted by JRsbugs  If you know your grashoppers that well then I have to take your word (and others) for it Guy, no offence meant but so many people make random guesses with no scientific evidence and I'm working blind here so I don't know who really does know for sure.  
But your book does state as you have said:
Thus still giving me no real scientific evidence, lol, don't worry I'm like a dog with a bone when I get going and want all the evidence.   |
Don't worry, no offence taken
There are relatively few people who are interested in grasshoppers, so I'm sure it would be very easy for a species like the Bow-winged to be overlooked. From doing some more research, there are apparently differences in the number of stridulatory pegs in the two species, so that's one way you may be able to identify it, although you would probably need either a dead grasshopper or a lot of patience to be able to count them!
Guy