Species map 19. Common green 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.
Common green grasshopper, Omocestus viridulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Widespread and locally common in mature grassland but usually absent from dry coastal localities. A typical insect of commons, heathland, woodland rides and clearings. It tends to avoid dryer, open areas of chalk grassland. Usually, the first grasshopper to be heard calling in the spring, often in early June and in some years as early as late May.