Grasshopper and harvestman for id please

[vaughnie]

I don't know a lot about either group so if anyone can help with these it would be much appreciated..


thanks!

[djackso]

The grasshopper looks like the common green, Omocestus viridulus

Not sure if it's male or female.

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by djackso

The grasshopper looks like the common green, Omocestus viridulus

I'd go with that too; can't help with t'other!

[Jason Green]

1. An opilione species, perhaps Leiobunum sp.?
2. Common green grasshopper, Omocestus viridulus

[vaughnie]

Thanks all. Never realised there were so many harvestman species!

[Pudding4brains]

Hi All,

Originally Posted by Jason Green

1. An opilione species, perhaps Leiobunum sp.?

I can't really make the British Leiobunum species fit - those don't have thorns/teeth on the ocularium.

If the species-checklist I had cooked up in this topic is halfway accurate (?!), my best guestimate would be Mitopus morio, but I still find it very hard to tell these apart from Phalangium opilio females. Some of the characters I would look for being hidden by the little mite on the nose doesn't help much either, but the ocularium (small, with few/little teeth) and the general shape of various body parts would make me opt for the Mitopus a tad sooner than Phalangium (even if M. morio often has a much more contrasting "saddle"). Found this image that I think is a close fit colourwise though.

So, until I hone my Harvester recognition skills to the next level I would make it possibly Mitopus morio.

Cheers, Arp