Species map 18. Woodland grasshopper Sussex Orthoptera - Online Atlas
For ease of comparison with Haes and Harding (1997), records are shown as: pre-1970, 1970-1999 and as 2000 (onwards). The eventual aim is to update all maps as completely as possible with records for 2001 onwards, to show the status of Sussex orthopteroids in the first decade of the new millennium. Records shown for boundary squares may pertain to neighbouring counties.
Woodland grasshopper, Omocestus rufipes (Zetterstedt, 1821)
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A Nationally Scarce insect which is widespread and locally common in Sussex. Woodland clearings and rides and heathland scrub. Does not survive in neglected woodland where light gaps are absent. Large populations can build up in recently cleared woodland. This species is apparently able to disperse to new sites. On a warm day in July 1996, one appeared on my garden wall in Upper Beeding, miles from the nearest colony.