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Pair of meadow grasshoppers This is clearly the surrounding their camouflage is made for. Chorthippus parallelus,Geotagged,Meadow grasshopper,The Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge

Pair of meadow grasshoppers

This is clearly the surrounding their camouflage is made for.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Cool! The small one is the male? Posted 12 years ago
    1. View Joost Thissen's profile
      Joost Thissen
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      Indeed, males are smaller then the females. Posted 12 years ago

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The Meadow grasshopper

"Pseudochorthippus parallelus", the "meadow grasshopper", is a common species of grasshopper found in non-arid grasslands throughout the well vegetated areas of Europe and some adjoining areas of Asia.

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Similar species: Grasshoppers And Crickets
Species identified by Joost Thissen
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By Joost Thissen

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Uploaded Mar 23, 2013. Captured Aug 17, 2012 11:49 in Dijkpad, Best, The Netherlands.
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  • SLT-A55V
  • f/6.3
  • 1/160s
  • ISO200
  • 90mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.