How to… tell a cricket from a grasshopper

The strident chirruping and whirring of crickets and grasshoppers is a sound of the summer. Warm, sunny days near a meadow or even a small patch of longer grass are often accompanied by this music of hot and lazy days. They have a distinctive look with a large head, stocky body and those characteristic longContinue reading “How to… tell a cricket from a grasshopper”