Grasshopper and Cricket Identification Workshop

The chirruping of grasshoppers & crickets are a familiar sound on warm summer days but how many of us can tell the species apart?
This one-day workshop provides an introduction to the Orthoptera of the UK with an emphasis on Hampshire species and their identification.

The day is suitable for anyone aged 18 and over and will include various talks and demonstrations by the leader, entomologist Bryan Pinchen. However, the emphasis for the day is very much on participants having a go themselves at identifying actual specimens using the identification keys provided.

During the afternoon session (weather permitting), we will head to nearby Portsdown Hill to demonstrate the fieldwork techniques used to find and record species in their natural habitat.

Cost: £15.00

Booking advised – limited places available (book by ringing the museum on 023 9281 5276 or at the museum front desk)


This event has been made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to fund an exhibition ‘Guermonprez’s Legacy – the Gilbert White of Bognor’ which runs from 14 December 2024 – 31 December 2025, as well as an event programme through 2025.

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• Next Saturday, 28th June, 10:00 am, Tree Identification in Portsmouth
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