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Mediterranean Groundhopper

Paratettix meridionalis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) pcanhao, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 3, February 12, March 25, April 84, May 72, June 40, July 51, August 54, September 32, October 19, November 11, December 1.
France404
Portugal213
Spain191
Occitanie156
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur150
Andalucía82
Italy68
Cataluña/Catalunya47
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes33
ÉVORA29

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
FamilyPygmy Grasshoppers · Tetrigidae
GenusParatettix

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mediterranean Groundhopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.