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Oedipoda caerulescens
Well camouflaged grasshopper, whose visible color depend on a substrate where they develop - as seen here; they melt into the ground... I actually noticed them when they jumped or flew - thanks to their bright blue hind wings; it looked a bit like flashes of bright blue lights against the dried-grass colors of the pastures. Female are bigger, about 3 cm in length (all photos), while males are visibly smaller (pics N° 1 to 3, two of them).
Seen on pastures on hills located just in between the Jura mountain range and Geneva lake.
Spotted on Sep 4, 2018
Submitted on Sep 6, 2018
![Saltamartí [Oepipoda caerulescens]](https://lh5.ggpht.com/XPu1j1jSGGr0tnypi5Ng066xwFrs0z-3OrPPd2_PhvMejLwce_1dUhfawG10xoq71Xh_jrSMnk7p24zHUslc=s62-c)
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