Grasshoppers & Crickets
Though often tiny and expert at hiding in plain sight, the hoppers and shieldbugs of the Sussex coast reward the patient observer with stunning details. This page documents the diverse range of Hemiptera found throughout the seasons in Lancing, tracking their unique life stages and structural adaptations. We hope these detailed photographic records inspire you to look a little closer at the stems and undersides of leaves to discover these remarkable miniature residents.
Orthoptera
Species on this page
- Pholidoptera griseoaptera - Dark Bush Cricket
- Chorthippus brunneus - Common Field Grasshopper
- Conocephalus discolor - Long-winged Conehead
- Chorthippus parallelus - Meadow Grasshopper
- Meconema thalassinum - Oak Bush Cricket
- Leptophyes punctatissima - Speckled Bush Cricket
Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush Cricket
Pholidoptera
griseoaptera - Malthouse Meadow -
13.08.2005 
Pholidoptera
griseoaptera - Lancing Ring -
16.10.2004 Chorthippus brunneus
Common Field Grasshopper
Chorthippus brunneus
- Manor Allotments - 07.07.2005 
Chorthippus brunneus
- Manor Allotments - 07.07.2005 Conocephalus discolor
Long-winged Conehead Cricket
Conocephalus
discolor - Lancing Ring meadow -
03.08.2005 
Conocephalus discolor -
Lancing Ring - September 2000 Chorthippus parallelus
Meadow Grasshopper
Field identification tip:
Pattern on pronotum — in field grasshopper more X-like;
in meadow grasshopper more )(-like. — Paul,
cerknisko-polje.net
Chorthippus
parallelus — Immature — Malthouse
Meadow, Sompting — 05.07.2005 
Chorthippus parallelus — Lancing Ring 
Chorthippus
parallelus — Lancing Ring — 02.09.2001
Chorthippus
parallelus — Male — Malthouse
Meadow, Sompting — 29.06.2004 
Meconema thalassinum
Oak Bush Cricket
Meconema thalassinum - Oak
Bush Cricket 
Meconema thalassinum - Oak
Bush Cricket 
Meconema thalassinum - Oak
Bush Cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush Cricket
Leptophyes punctatissima
- Lancing Ring Meadow - 15.08.2004