French grasshopper

Gestart door DJHiker, oktober 10, 2014, 00:03:09 AM

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DJHiker

I would like to know which species this is
It concerns this sighting
http://observado.org/waarneming/view/89009087
identification uncertain Blue Winged Grasshopper - Oedipoda caerulescens observed at 2012-07-09 France - Saint-Marcellin
Photos:


A nymph I assume.
Oedipoda caerulescens?

thanks in advance David Kohl
David Kohl

tekenaar

Oedipoda is correct, I think. For the exact species I am not sure, depends on the colour of the hind wings of the adult. Blue winged is the most widespread and therefore the most likely one. It is not adult yet and in adults you'd have to see the hind wings (when it flies away) ...
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