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Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)

Field Grasshopper (Brian Eversham, National Biodiversity Data Centre)

The chirping of grasshoppers is a familiar sound from Irish meadows and roadside verges during the summer months. Undoubtedly contributing its song to this chorus is the Common Field Grasshopper, which is one of our most common and widespread grasshopper species. It is found throughout Ireland, although it does becomes….