#4058 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Bow-winged Grasshopper

🇳🇱 Ratelaar ·Chorthippus biguttulus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Chorthippus biguttulus , the bow-winged grasshopper , is one of the most common species of grasshopper found in the dry grassland of northern and central Europe. It is part of a group of species ( biguttulus -group) that are very difficult to identify morphologically. Chorthippus biguttulus was previously classified (with C. brunneus and C. mollis ) as a single species Stauroderus variabilis . The three species were distinguished using song characteristics.

base stats

NL sightings 53iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,768iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).