Blue-winged Grasshopper

base stats

• NL sightings 400iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 34,231iNaturalist observations
• threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

• 👀Spotted 400 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #19 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
• 🌍34,231 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Blue-winged Grasshopper

Nederlands

Blauwvleugelsprinkhaan

scientific name

Oedipoda caerulescens

class

Insecta

order

Orthoptera

family

Acrididae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

sightings in NL

400

sightings in Europe

24,728

sightings worldwide

34,231

GBIF records in NL

49,661

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1758

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.