A group for discussion of grasshoppers, crickets and allied insects in Britain and Ireland

The scope of this groups includes all the orthopteroids - grasshoppers and groundhoppers, true crickets and bush-crickets, as well as insects from allied orders - stick-insects, earwings and cockroaches.

Topics could include: identification, distribution, requests for info e.g. "where can I see...?" or "what can I see in...?", taxonomy, grasshopper & cricket communities, habitats, ecology, interactions of grasshoppers & crickets with other animals.

Information from organisations involved in insect conservation is welcomed.

No adverts please.

Also, please don't post large attachments - these can go in the "Files" section.

Please think carefully before talking about the locations of the very rarest and most threatened species - ask yourself if giving away a location will threaten the species further and err on the side of caution.

Any questions, contact the list manager - UK-Grasshoppers-Crickets-owner@yahoogroups.com