Being mid-summer, grasshoppers have now reached the peak of their activity and can be heard 'singing', 'chirping' or to be more precise,'stridulating' in lush grassland on warm sunny days. To attract ...

Until the grassland species began emerging last month, I have seen only five butterflies, namely two brimstones, and three small whites.

One hot summer’s day a Grasshopper sat on a blade of grass enjoying the sunshine. ‘What a fine day,’ he said. ‘The sun’s shining and I’ve got as much grass as I can eat.’ The ...

While all this might sound somewhat exotic, Ireland is full of grasshoppers and bush crickets. We share this island with 12 species of orthoptera: five grasshoppers, five bush crickets and two ...

We have five different types of grasshopper and five bush-crickets all sharing their song, or stridulating, as they call for mates.

Being mid-summer, grasshoppers have now reached the peak of their activity and can be heard 'singing', 'chirping' or to be more precise,'stridulating' in lush grassland on warm sunny days. To ...