What Animal Lives Where

Where has the bow-winged grasshopper been recorded?

Chorthippus biguttulus occurrence evidence comes from 28,452 records in 21 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from Belgium.

bow-winged grasshopper
bow-winged grasshopper — Photo (display-sized rendition): G.-U. Tolkiehn · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
InsectaOrthopteraAcrididaeChorthippus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

28,452 records across 21 countries and territories, 1800–2026.

Chorthippus biguttulus · GBIF taxon key 1708251

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

3 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

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Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where bow-winged grasshopper has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for bow-winged grasshopper. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Belgium 13,995
Netherlands 8,003
Sweden 3,227
Luxembourg 1,152
Germany 1,008
Austria 773
France 169
Spain 52
Russia 44
Czechia 5
Ukraine 5
Switzerland 4
Finland 3
Romania 3
Estonia 2
Andorra 1
Belarus 1
Lithuania 1
Slovenia 1
Slovakia 1
United States 1

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Others in the family Acrididae.

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5,062 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.