Common Field Grasshopper

Chorthippus brunneus

Common & widespread around Britain.

Adults are predominantly brown.

However, they show a large variation in colour and can also be black, green, purple, or white.

Wing patterns vary between individuals and can be mottled, striped, striped-mottled, or plain.

Both green and purple Grasshoppers tend to have plain forewing patterns while black Grasshoppers primarily have mottled forewing patterns.

Brown Grasshoppers do not consistently have the same forewing pattern instead they have variable forewing patterns.

The plain forewing pattern is dominant and the striped and mottled forewing patterns are codominant.