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πŸ¦— Grasshoppers & Crickets

Large Marsh Grasshopper

Stethophyma grossum

About

Europe's largest grasshopper, with bold red, yellow, and green colouring and bright red hindleg tibiae. It requires very wet, boggy habitats and makes a distinctive flicking song.

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Did You Know?

Its unique flick-song is produced by the grasshopper snapping its hindleg against its wing in a single crack.