List of Orthoptera and allied insects of Great Britain
The following is a list of the species of grasshopper, cricket and allied insects recorded from Britain. The insect orders covered by this list are:
- the Orthoptera - Grasshoppers and crickets
- the Dermaptera - earwigs
- the Blattodea - cockroaches
This article lists the native species only. A number of other species have been found in the wild as vagrants or accidental introductions.
Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets)
Suborder Ensifera (crickets)
Family Tettigoniidae (bush-crickets)
- Oak bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum
- Great green bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima
- Wart-biter Decticus verrucivorus
- Dark bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
- Grey bush-cricket Platycleis albopunctata
- Bog bush-cricket Metrioptera brachyptera
- Roesel's bush-cricket Metrioptera roeselii
- Long-winged conehead Conocephalus discolor
- Short-winged Conehead Conocephalus dorsalis
- Speckled bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Family Gryllidae (true crickets)
- House cricket Acheta domesticus
- Field cricket Gryllus campestris
- Wood cricket Nemobius sylvestris
- Scaly cricket Pseudomogoplistes squamiger
Family Gryllotalpidae (mole-crickets)
- Mole cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Suborder Caelifera (grasshoppers & allies)
Family Tetrigidae (groundhoppers)
- Cepero's groundhopper Tetrix ceperoi
- Slender groundhopper Tetrix subulata
- Common groundhopper Tetrix undulata
Family Acrididae (grasshoppers)
- Large marsh grasshopper Stethophyma grossum
- Stripe-winged grasshopper Stenobothrus lineatus
- Woodland grasshopper Omocestus rufipes
- Common green grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
- Field grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
- Heath grasshopper Chorthippus vagans
- Meadow grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
- Lesser marsh grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
- Rufous grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus
- Mottled grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus
Order Blattodea (cockroaches)
Family Blattellidae
- Dusky cockroach Ectobius lapponicus
- Tawny cockroach Ectobius pallidus
- Lesser cockroach Ectobius panzeri
Order Dermaptera (earwigs)
Family Labiidae
- Lesser earwig Labia minor
Family Forficulidae
- Short-winged earwig Apterygida media
- Common earwig Forficula auricularia
- Lesne's earwig Forficula lesnei