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Showing posts with label MEDITERRANEAN SPLENDID GRASSHOPPER (Heteracris littoralis). Show all posts
Showing posts with label MEDITERRANEAN SPLENDID GRASSHOPPER (Heteracris littoralis). Show all posts
Saturday, 15 October 2022
Friday, 26 October 2018
Saturday, 31 December 2016
30-9-2015 OLIVA PLAYA, VALENCIA - MEDITERRANEAN SPLENDID GRASSHOPPER (Heteracris littoralis)
Heteracris littoralis is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Africa, southern Europe, and Asia.
Mediterranean Splendid Grasshopper - An endangered grasshopper due to the disappearance of dunes where this grasshopper is found. It feeds on the herbs and grasses there. This handsome grasshopper was photographed in the Algarve region of Portugal in October. It is also found in North Africa. A splendid name for a splendid creature.
Heteracris littoralis lives in dunes and other coastal areas. Heteracris littoralis is found in the more densely vegetated islands of grass, Eleocharis and other dune plants where the animals escape from disturbances on the sandy ground.
Heteracris littoralis is endangered in some places by the ever escalating tourism (hotel construction, other infrastructure), since hardly intact dunes areas are still available. In Gran Canaria, the grasshopper is found in the dunes at Maspalomas. Although the area is a nature reserve, it is devalued by thousands of tourists who roll around in crowds on the beach and in the dunes because a huge hotel city was built around the reserve at Maspalomas.
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