#3980 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Large Marsh Grasshopper

🇳🇱 Moerassprinkhaan ·Stethophyma grossum

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Yves LE BAIL · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jürgen Mangelsdorf · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Hjalte Kjærby · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Nationaal Park Dwingelderveld, Dwingeloo, Netherlands:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Westbroek, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. Vlijmens Ven, Moerputten en Bossche Broek, 's‑Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Kalenberg, Netherlands:© Guy · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. A Generaal Uil, Epen, Limburg, NL:© jvdwinden · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Nederland:© rudyclaeys · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Stethophyma grossum , the large marsh grasshopper , is a species belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Oedipodinae.

base stats

NL sightings 255iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,696iNaturalist 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 255 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #39 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
7,696 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).