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 Field Grasshopper  Chorthippus brunneus

male Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus), Townholm, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire (VC75), Scotland, Aug 2022

female Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus), Townholm, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire (VC75), Scotland, Aug 2022

pink form of Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus), Purfleet, England, Jul 2021

female Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus), Rainham Marshes, England, Sep 2019

male Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus), Villevaudé, Paris, Île-de-France, Aug 2019

female Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus), Epping Forest, England, Aug 2020

female Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus), Epping Forest, England, Aug 2020

male Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus), Epping Forest, England, Aug 2020

male Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus), Epping Forest, England, Aug 2020

exuviae of pink form of Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus), Purfleet, England, Jul 2021

detail of exuviae of pink form of Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus), Purfleet, England, Jul 2021

Shewalton sand pit, Ayrshire, Scotland  55° 35' 19.0" N  04° 38' 45.3" W  6 July 2018

Calling song/stridulation from two to three males Field Grasshoppers (Chorthippus brunneus) on short, rabbit grazed grassland of former sand-extraction pit.

A continuous series of short, harsh chirps, each of ~0.15 seconds in duration.

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Shewalton sand pit, Ayrshire, Scotland  55° 35' 19.0" N  04° 38' 45.3" W  6 July 2018

Oscillogram of calling song/stridulation from two to three male Field Grasshoppers (Chorthippus brunneus) on short, rabbit grazed grassland of former sand-extraction pit.

Indoor recording in terrarium  12 August 2020

Calling song/stridulation from a single captive male Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) in a terrarium.

A series of 7-12 short, harsh chirps, each of 0.20 to 0.27 seconds in duration. Approx three seconds between each chirp with each series produced 12 times in one hour. (at 27.7°C ambient room temp, no heat lamp or direct sun).

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Indoor recording in terrarium  12 August 2020

Oscillogram of calling song/stridulation from a single captive male Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) in a terrarium.

female Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus), Purfleet, Essex, England, Sep 2022

female Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus), Purfleet, Essex, England, Sep 2022

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