Grasshoppers and crickets are in trouble | Discover Wildlife

Nymph of Roesel's Bush Cricket by Paul Lund, Linford Lakes NR 16 June 2015

Nymph of Roesel’s Bush Cricket by Paul Lund, Linford Lakes NR 16 June 2015

Experts assessed the conservation status of grasshopper, cricket and bush-cricket species found across Europe for a IUCN report.

They discovered that more than 25 per cent of the 1,082 species studied were at risk of extinction due to intensive agriculture, wildfires and tourism development.

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