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Iberian Band-winged Grasshopper

Oedipoda coerulea

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 1, June 19, July 41, August 60, September 37, October 16, November 6, December 0.
Spain180
Portugal132
Castilla y León39
Andalucía34
France24
Cataluña/Catalunya21
GUARDA21
Occitanie19
Aragón18
Comunidad de Madrid17

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
GenusOedipoda

Sources

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