- The Large Marsh Grasshopper (Stethophyma grossum)
- largest grasshopper native to the UK
- loves damp meadows and ditches, marshy soils, brook banks
- males produce a distinctive ticking sound, their mating call
- yellowish green to olive brown in colour with bright red undersides of the hind leg thighs
- females can be plum coloured and are larger than males
- Conservation Status: NEAR THREATENED