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blue-winged grasshopper

Oedipoda caerulescens

Description:

Oedipoda caerulescens is a medium-sized grasshopper, between 15 and 21 mm for males and between 22 to 28 mm for females. The body coloration varies greatly depending on the substrate on which the animals have developed: reddish brown, gray, yellowish, or even completely dark or bright. The forewings are crossed most often by two or three pale bands, but the most striking characteristic, very visible when the insect flies away, is the bright coloration of the hind wings, a beautiful turquoise highlighted with a black marginal stripe

Habitat:

This species occurs in Europe, North Africa and Asia. Oedipoda caerulescens frequents dry areas with low and open vegetation: dunes, heathlands, grasslands on sand and sunlit limestone rocks

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PatriciaPi
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PatriciaPi

Jalón/Xaló, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Spotted on Sep 26, 2012
Submitted on Sep 26, 2012

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