Middlewick Ranges - Nine species
An area owned by the Ministry of Defence and situated to the south of Colchester, it
supports areas of dry and bare grassland together with a heathy area and good
quantities of scrub. Species recorded are:
Chorthippus albomarginatus Meconema thalassinum
Chorthippus brunneus Metrioptera roeselii
Chorthippus parallelus Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Myrmeleotettix maculatus Tettigonia viridissima
Leptophyes punctatissima
Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve - Eight species *
An Essex Wildlife Trust reserve situated a few miles south east of Colchester. Species
recorded are:
Chorthippus albomarginatus Leptophyes punctatissima
Chorthippus brunneus Meconema thalassinum
Chorthippus parallelus Metrioptera roeselii
Conocephalus dorsalis Pholidoptera griseoaptera
* Note : Tetrix subulata was found here in 1996, bringing the total to 9 species. Ed.
Danbury Common - Eight species
An area situated a few miles east of Chelmsford. Species recorded are:
Chorthippus brunneus Meconema thalassinum
Chorthippus parallelus Metrioptera roeselii
Omocestus viridulus Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Leptophyes punctatissima Tetrix undulata
Great and Little Wakering/Barling area - Eight species
An area including Great Wakering Common with sea walls in the vicinity, it is situated east
of Southend-on-Sea. Species recorded are:
Chorthippus albomarginatus Metrioptera roeselii
Chorthippus brunneus Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Chorthippus parallelus Tettigonia viridissima
Conocephalus dorsalis Tetrix subulata
Great Holland Pits - Seven species
An Essex Wildlife Trust reserve, it is in the extreme east of the County close to
Clacton-on-Sea. Species recorded are:
Chorthippus brunneus Metrioptera roeselii
Chorthippus parallelus Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Leptophyes punctatissima Tetrix undulata
Meconema thalassinum
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