#3982 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Meadow Grasshopper

🇳🇱 Krasser ·Pseudochorthippus parallelus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Chorthippus parallelus , the meadow grasshopper , is a common species of grasshopper found in non-arid grasslands throughout the well vegetated areas of Europe and some adjoining areas of Asia. It is a well-studied organism in the discipline of Evolutionary biology and was an early and important model system for the study of European phylogeography.

base stats

NL sightings 242iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 36,781iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

Spotted 242 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #41 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
36,781 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.