Chorthippus binotatus (Charpentier, 1825)


Chorthippus binotatus: Mating (East Spain, Castellòn, July 2013) [N] Chorthippus binotatus: Female (E-Spain, Sierra de Albarracin, July 2017) [N] Chorthippus binotatus: Female (E-Spain, Sierra de Albarracin, July 2017) [N] Chorthippus binotatus: Female (Central Spain, Teruel, Sierra de Javalambre, late July 2017) Chorthippus binotatus: Male (Central Spain, Teruel, Sierra de Javalambre, late July 2017) [N] Chorthippus binotatus: Male (Central Spain, Teruel, Sierra de Javalambre, late July 2017) [N] Chorthippus binotatus: Male (Central Spain, Teruel, Sierra de Javalambre, late July 2017) [N] Chorthippus binotatus: Male (S-Spain, Sierra Nevada, Capileira, 1400m, late September 2017) [N] Chorthippus binotatus: Habitat (Central Spain, Teruel, Sierra de Javalambre, late July 2017) [N] Chorthippus binotatus: Habitat (Andalusia, Sierra Nevada, Capileira, late September 2017) [N]

Habitat:
Chorthippus binotatus inhabits gappy embankments, rocky areas, mountain pastures, gappy dwarf shrub belts and other more dry and warm places from sea level up to more than 2200m asl. It is usually most common between 1000 and 1800m asl.

Life cycle:
The adults occur from summer to October or even November.

Remarks:
Chorthippus binotatus occurs in the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France.
The taxon is very variable and rich in forms. In recent years Ch. saulcy has been separated from Chorthippus binotatus as own species.



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