#4107 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Steppe Grasshopper

🇳🇱 Weidesprinkhaan ·Chorthippus dorsatus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The species lives in Central Europe usually at altitudes 500–800 meters, in Switzerland it rises to 1800, in Bulgaria also over 2200 meters. Humid to moist meadows are preferred, especially around moors, but the species is also found on moderately dry meadows. Heavily agricultural or fertilized meadows are avoided.

base stats

NL sightings 8iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,977iNaturalist 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).