Stuart Goodwin
Well-known member
Can anyone recommend a good book for ID'ing Grasshoppers and Crickets in the UK.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
-
Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.
Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
UK grasshopper books (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Stuart Goodwin
- Start date
Stuart Goodwin
Well-known member
Thank you for the reply, I'll have a look. Also, thanks you the shield bugs suggestion, but as I'm also starting with ID'ing Ladybird species.
Regards.
Steve Babbs
Well-known member
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-li...s+of+great+britain+and+ireland&condition=used
The Natural History Museum laminated id sheet is pretty good as well and very portable.
The Natural History Museum laminated id sheet is pretty good as well and very portable.
Steve Babbs
Well-known member
Fairly easy in the UK; much harder in Europe. I don't try any further afield.
Stuart Goodwin
Well-known member
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
The Field Studies Council fold out charts for Grasshoppers and Ladybirds are basic, but are cheap and handy for sticking in your bag.
http://www.field-studies-council.org/publications/fold-out-charts.aspx
http://www.field-studies-council.org/publications/fold-out-charts.aspx
Stuart Goodwin
Well-known member
Steve Babbs
Well-known member
Which ever book you get these are worth having as well. They cost a few quid so I'd recommend ordering them; you may find that are actually sufficient, as there are not many UK species.
Bobbobthebob
Well-known member
I find this key quite easy to use in the field. It misses out some of the very rarest species and doesn't cover the song but it's a good way to get to grips with the vast majority of UK species and their main clinching features (wing length, thickened tips to antennae?, shape of pronotal keel, intercostal bulge?, hairy chest?).
http://www.wildlifebcn.org/sites/bc....co.uk/files/files/Orthoptera keys 2007_1.pdf
http://www.wildlifebcn.org/sites/bc....co.uk/files/files/Orthoptera keys 2007_1.pdf
...and regarding song,
Dont neglect this as an id tool. Many species (Cricket & Grasshopper) can be readily identified whilst wandering around, if your hearing is up to it. Also do-able with a bat detector if not. The Ragge CDs are available, although not cheap for just UK use, and UK species are now on the Orthoptera website. Plus a bat detector will detect Speckled Bush-cricket, which is the main UK species (v. common in the south) that stridulates at too high frequencies to be audible to humans. Oak Bush-cricket is another common species in the south that is very quiet (just taps its feet). The rest are do-able to greater or lesser extent.
My two favourite calls are Great Green Bush-cricket and Stripe-winged Grasshopper.
Cheers
Dont neglect this as an id tool. Many species (Cricket & Grasshopper) can be readily identified whilst wandering around, if your hearing is up to it. Also do-able with a bat detector if not. The Ragge CDs are available, although not cheap for just UK use, and UK species are now on the Orthoptera website. Plus a bat detector will detect Speckled Bush-cricket, which is the main UK species (v. common in the south) that stridulates at too high frequencies to be audible to humans. Oak Bush-cricket is another common species in the south that is very quiet (just taps its feet). The rest are do-able to greater or lesser extent.
My two favourite calls are Great Green Bush-cricket and Stripe-winged Grasshopper.
Cheers
Last edited:
Similar threads
