Stenobothrus lineatus (Panzer, 1796)

Stripe-winged Grasshopper

Taxonomy: 

  • Orthoptera›Caelifera›Acridoidea›Acrididae›Gomphocerinae›Stenobothrus lineatus

Status: 

UK

Distribution

Recordings

  • Calling song. Two verses.
  • Courtship song, second phase, ending with mounting song.
  • Courtship song, first phase.

Colours show the year of the last record -

  up to 1987   1988-97   1998 up to present

Only Recording Scheme datasets are included. Other datasets on the Gateway may hold additional information.

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Description: 

Brightly coloured, usually green and brown with red on the abdomen. Gently incurved pronotal keels. White line and elongated spot (stigma) on the forewing.

Size: 

15-23 mm

Wings: 

Winged.

Stridulation: 

Short, pulsating, metallic rasp – characteristic ‘wheezing’ hiss.

Food: 

Herbivorous.

Habitat: 

Grasslands on chalk and limestones, heaths and some dune systems.

Phenology: 

Nymphs appear in May, adults from mid-July onwards surviving until October.