Grasshoppers and crickets 2023

         Daniels Brook, Gloucestershire 

                            16th May 

              Speckled  Bush Cricket Nymph 

Dark Bush Cricket nymph 

Young crickets are small and there called nymphs it’s the stage where they havnt becoms adults yet nymphs are common around this time of year adults are common in the summer 

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I've never seen a grasshopper or a cricket. I've heard them occasionally, but never seen any :-(

If you look for them in long grass that is where most grasshoppers and crickets are most commonly found. They are usually either jumping around or perched on grass stems but they can also be found on flowers and shrubs. You can still find them at this time of year but at this time of year there young and havnt reached adulthood yet During summer thats when adults show up and it’s when there most vocal and active and the warmer it is the more active they are. If you listen out and follow the sound of a grasshopper or cricket they can lead you to them and sometimes you can hear the direction it is coming from in long grass and shrubs. When there not calling it’s not as easy to find them but most tend to be found in those habitats. If you sit still for a couple of minutes or longer sometimes they will come out and start jumping around or resting. for Summer Exspeacially In summer when there more vocal and go up to where the noise is coming from and you stay still in that spot it can be easyer to notice them

This is great because I just had a cricket fiasco, sort of. I had been hearing them around my house for weeks. Then I had the moss removal crew come in and clean my roof; it turned out there were some crickets up there living in the moss. Now I kind of miss their chirps.

Here's my favorite picture of a cricket:

Lol! But no seriously I love how happy this grasshopper looks while it's eating:

Thats cooll. That is a cricket. The best way to tell the difference between a grasshopper and a cricket is  the antennaes. Grasshoppers have very short antennaes whereas Crickets have very long antennaes. A grasshoppers is shorter than its body whereas a crickets is noticeably longer than its body. 

Its a very good photo of the cricket eating. Thanks for shareing. Iv only managed to get a photo of grasshoppers and crickets stridulateing which is the term for rubing there legs against there body,  or rubing there wings together to produce the sounds they make.