Cepero’s Groundhopper
Taxonomy
Orthoptera » Caelifera » Acridoidea » Tetrigidae » Tetrix ceperoi
Status
UK
Distribution Map
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Only Recording Scheme datasets are included. Other datasets on the Gateway may hold additional information.
Recordings
Description
Small grasshopper-like insect with wide ‘shoulders’ and a narrow tapering abdomen hidden beneath an extended pronotum. Wings exceed the tip of the pronotum. The distance between the eyes is smaller than in the very similar Slender Groundhopper (no more than 1.5 times the width of an eye).
Size
8-13 mm
Wings
Fully winged, capable of flight and adults can swim.
Stridulation
None.
Food
Algae, mosses and lichens.
Habitat
Open, sunny situations. Many records from coastal sites, sand dunes and dune slacks, shingle banks, drainage dykes near saltmarshes and seepages on sea cliffs. Also occurs inland by streams and ponds. Eggs are laid directly into the ground or in low vegetation.
Phenology
Late instar nymphs and immature adults overwinter and mature in spring. Nymphs appear from May to July; adults appear by August.