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Anacridium aegyptium
"Their body is usually gray, brown or olive coloured, the antennae are relatively short and robust. It is easily identifiable also by the characteristic eyes with vertical black and white stripes. The pronotum shows a dorsal orange stripe and several white small spots. The wings are clear with dark marks." ~wiki
"It is present in most of Europe, in the 'Afro-tropical ecozone', in eastern Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East and in North Africa." ~wiki
aka Egyptian Locust
Spotted on Feb 17, 2013
Submitted on Feb 17, 2013
2 Comments
Thank you, RiekoS. She was a beautiful - and cooperative - critter!
Beautiful pictures.