Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Identified as 'Oedipoda caerulescens caerulescens' by a Spanish Expert

Posted by valter on 10-07-2007 10:12
#1

What Grasshopper is this one?

Location: Algarve, Portugal

Edited by valter on 20-05-2008 18:59

Posted by Isidro on 10-07-2007 12:34
#2

Correct, a male Oedipoda caerulescens.

Posted by valter on 10-07-2007 12:47
#3

Isidro wrote:
Correct, a male Oedipoda caerulescens.


caerulescens or coerulescens? a or o?

Posted by crex on 10-07-2007 12:54
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valter wrote:
caerulescens or coerulescens? a or o?


Fauna Europaea says Oedipoda caerulescens.

Posted by Susan R Walter on 10-07-2007 13:45
#5

Fab photo - what marvellous camoflage the beast has.

Posted by caliprobola on 10-07-2007 14:34
#6

till you see it fly, then you see the blue hindwings flashing out!

Posted by valter on 10-07-2007 15:31
#7

Probably the female of 'Oedipoda coerulescens' ?

Or not?

Edited by valter on 10-07-2007 15:32