Slender Groundhopper Tetrix subulata

This groundhopper is known by several different common names across its vast range—a clear sign of how widespread and successful it is. Found across the entire Palearctic from the British Isles to Siberia, it's survived in temperate forests, grasslands, and even the southern edges of North Africa. That remarkable geographic span explains the naming diversity: multiple naturalists, regions, and languages have all named and studied this adaptable species, each contributing a common name reflecting how they encountered it in the field.