This is a medium-sized grasshopper, with females growing to a length of about 4.5 cm, while males are slightly smaller. The general colour is greyish-brown. The head and prothorax have a central dark band edged with paler stripes. The eye has a longitudinal dark streak, a characteristic shared by "Anacridium aegyptium", "Heteracris annulosa" and "Heteracris adspersa". The femurs of the hind legs have greenish, blue and yellow striations, and the hind tibia have reddish or bluish iridescence, and black and white spines.
"Eyprepocnemis plorans", the lamenting grasshopper, is a species of insect in the family Acrididae. It is the type species of the genus "Eyprepocnemis", and is found in Africa, parts of the Middle East, and southern Europe. It typically inhabits wetlands and other moist habitats.
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