Oedipoda canariensis Krauss, 1892
![Oedipoda canariensis: Female (Gran Canaria, Mirador de Tasartico, 700m, mid-December 2016) [N]](bilder1/acrididae/canariensis_im2016.jpg "Oedipoda canariensis: Female (Gran Canaria, Mirador de Tasartico, 700m, mid-December 2016) [N]")
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![Oedipoda canariensis: Male (La Gomera, December 2008) [N]](bilder1/acrididae/canariensis_6im2008.jpg "Oedipoda canariensis: Male (La Gomera, December 2008) [N]")
![Oedipoda canariensis: Male (La Gomera, December 2008) [M]](bilder1/acrididae/canariensis_7im2016.jpg "Oedipoda canariensis: Male (La Gomera, December 2008) [M]")
![Oedipoda canariensis: Female (La Gomera) [N]](bilder1/acrididae/canariensis_w08.jpg "Oedipoda canariensis: Female (La Gomera) [N]")
![Oedipoda canariensis: Female (Gran Canaria) [N]](bilder1/acrididae/canariensis.jpg "Oedipoda canariensis: Female (Gran Canaria) [N]")
![Oedipoda canariensis: Male (La Gomera) [N]](bilder1/acrididae/canariensis_m08.jpg "Oedipoda canariensis: Male (La Gomera) [N]")
![Oedipoda canariensis: Adult (La Gomera) [N]](bilder1/acrididae/canariensis_m08_2.jpg "Oedipoda canariensis: Adult (La Gomera) [N]")
![Oedipoda canariensis: Habitat (Gran Canaria) [N]](bilder1/acrididae/canariensis_h.jpg "Oedipoda canariensis: Habitat (Gran Canaria) [N]")
![Oedipoda canariensis: Habitat (Gran Canaria, Mirador de Tasartico, 700m, mid-December 2016) [N]](bilder1/acrididae/canariensis_h2016.jpg "Oedipoda canariensis: Habitat (Gran Canaria, Mirador de Tasartico, 700m, mid-December 2016) [N]")
Nutrition:
Herbal food.
Habitat:
Oedipoda canariensis inhabits rocky slopes, stony grasslands and ravines (barrancos), below 1000m.
Life cycle:
I met adults in Gran Canaria just before Christmas 2007 on a rocky slope at 300m above sea level and at the same time in 2008 in La Gomera in a ravine at 500m above sea level. Presumably, they can be found year-round. Eggs are laid in the ground.
Remarks:
Oedipoda canariensis is endemic to the Canary Islands (e.g. Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera). It is very similar Oedipoda caerulescens and also has bluish hindwing.
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