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Barbary Grasshopper

Calliptamus barbarus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Portugal.January 3, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 3, June 59, July 202, August 289, September 315, October 228, November 98, December 13.
Portugal1,210
Spain391
France298
FARO258
Italy232
LISBOA220
Isole199
Greece139
Occitanie108
Andalucía99

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyShort-horned Grasshoppers · Acrididae
GenusCalliptamus

Sources

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