Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper
Chorthippus brunneus, Field Grasshopper. Common in sunny, graasy places during the summer. The life cycle begins with the egg, laid in the soil after mating during the summer and overwinters. The following summer, hatching is follwed by a series of nymphs, which resemble winless adults. Finally, winged adults mate. Field Grasshoppers feed on vegetation.
Photograph detail
Slide 1: Chorthippus brunneus, Field Grasshopper. Adult. Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. August.
Slide 2: Chorthippus brunneus, Field Grasshopper. Adult. Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. August.
Slide 3: Chorthippus brunneus, Field Grasshopper. Adult, illustrating camouflage. Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. August.
Slide 4: Chorthippus brunneus, Field Grasshopper. Nymph. Disused railway, Hargill, Redmire. July.
Slide 5: Chorthippus brunneus, Field Grasshopper. Nymph. Disused railway, Hargill, Redmire. July.