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Leek Grasshopper

Mecostethus parapleurus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Austria.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 2, June 53, July 224, August 261, September 130, October 54, November 1, December 0.
Austria725
France465
Germany280
Steiermark265
Baden-Württemberg200
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes153
Niederösterreich149
Switzerland124
Kärnten92
Nouvelle-Aquitaine85

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
GenusMecostethus

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