Common Maquis Grasshopper

Pezotettix giornae · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Acrididae

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Common Maquis Grasshopper
Photo: Benjamin ZELVELDER, CC BY

Adult males are 11 to 14 mm long and females 12 to 18 mm (0.43 to 0.71 in). Their bodies are light brown to greyish, sometimes with a white or darker stripe on the thorax sides.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Body colour ranges from light brown to greyish, and the thorax may have a white or darker longitudinal stripe.

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Size

Males reach 11 to 14 mm and females 12 to 18 mm in length.

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Where it lives

Found in lowland meadows, forest edges, xerothermic plains and sunny mountain slopes.

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Life cycle

Immature stages develop in summer, passing through six instars.

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When you see it

Adults are present from June through November. They mate in autumn and winter and can overwinter as adults, sometimes being seen in March.

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Where it comes from

Occurs in Southern Europe, parts of Central Europe, North Africa and the Near East.

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Lookalikes

It belongs to the short-horned grasshopper subfamily Pezotettiginae, previously placed in Catantopinae.

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More photos

Common Maquis Grasshopper photo 3
Photo: katunchik, CC BY

Same family (Acrididae)

Differential GrasshopperDifferential GrasshopperMelanoplus differentialisDamages trees, gardens or cropsTwo-striped GrasshopperTwo-striped GrasshopperMelanoplus bivittatusDamages trees, gardens or cropsCarolina GrasshopperCarolina GrasshopperDissosteira carolinaDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Field GrasshopperCommon Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusEgyptian Bird GrasshopperEgyptian Bird GrasshopperAnacridium aegyptiumGray Bird GrasshopperGray Bird GrasshopperSchistocerca nitensDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pezotettix_giornae

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