Dark Bush-cricket

Pholidoptera griseoaptera

(De Geer, 1773)

National assessment

Unassessed

Local assessment

Stable

Associated assemblage

scrub edge 123 other species in this assemblage

Statistics

Occurrences

246 since 2000 379 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

90 since 2000 113 all time

Earliest occurrence

1886

Latest occurrence

2024

Distribution

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Occurrence since 1950

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This chart should not be relied upon for an indication of species status as variations in recording effort can heavily affect the count of occurrences and occupied 1km squares.

References

Webb, J., Heaver, D., Lott, D., Dean, H.J., van Breda, J., Curson, J., Harvey, M.C., Gurney, M., Roy, D.B., van Breda, A., Drake, M., Alexander, K.N.A. and Foster, G. (2017). Pantheon. [online] Available at: http://www.brc.ac.uk [05/02/2025].

Data sources

Local species recorders

Biological Records Centre. Grasshopper and Cricket (Orthoptera) and related species records from Britain and Ireland to 2007. Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

Biological Records Centre. iRecord (CC-BY). Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

Grasshopper Recording Scheme. Orthoptera and Allied Insects of the British Isles data from iRecord. Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

Lapwings Consultants.

Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Pholidoptera griseoaptera (De Geer, 1773) species profile, in Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (ed.) Greater Lincolnshire species data bank. Available at: http://glincsson.glnp.org.uk/view?taxon_list_item_key=NBNORG0000075722 (Accessed 08 November 2025).