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Identified as 'Oedipoda caerulescens caerulescens' by a Spanish Expert
valter
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Posted on 10-07-2007 09:12
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What Grasshopper is this one?

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Correct, a male Oedipoda caerulescens.
 
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Isidro wrote:
Correct, a male Oedipoda caerulescens.


caerulescens or coerulescens? a or o?
 
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valter wrote:
caerulescens or coerulescens? a or o?


Fauna Europaea says Oedipoda caerulescens.
 
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Fab photo - what marvellous camoflage the beast has.
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till you see it fly, then you see the blue hindwings flashing out!
 
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Probably the female of 'Oedipoda coerulescens' ?

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