Meadow Grasshopper Taken at Boat Of Garten on 24th July 2018 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Taken at Glen Rosa on 17th August 2016 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode Meadow Grasshopper. Species: Order: Family: Chorthippus parallelus. Orthoptera. Acrididae. Description: Size: Adult Food: Habitat: Flies/Found: Feature: They can be variable in colour with green, brownish, purple-red and pink forms recorded, although green forms are most common. Colour forms are genetically determined and some populations can show high frequency of pink grasshoppers. Females up to 2 cms. Males up to 1.5 cms. Grasses. Long grass June - September. Some can survive till November.