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I love the grasshopper

Not much room for a nest on those walls

for taking us along to the Baronnies. I Would not mind a week down there right now or maybe a bit further south

Nice insects...look clean!

Do they feed the vultures, nana?

Lisbeth wrote:I love the grasshopper

Not much room for a nest on those walls

for taking us along to the Baronnies. I Would not mind a week down there right now or maybe a bit further south

I think there is 10 to 15 nests on the wall, there is more than 30 Vultures. They must be in the small caves
I have searched to climb the mountain in front, to be at the same hight of the nests... but no way, so too difficult to go

Each time I tried to have this red UFO... each time I see "only" a Grasshopper, need a long time to understand that is not a Butterfly

Richprins wrote:Nice insects...look clean!

Do they feed the vultures, nana?

yes, they did
there is a Platform a little bit below (I can't go... poor old... bones ) but now less and less, if no more


the Vulture's house was closed
so can't ask what I would like to know

Lovely birdies, nan, the hopper is cool: Oedipoda germanica, Red-winged Grasshopper

With the wings open it does look like a butterfly (Google pic)

Toko wrote:Lovely birdies, nan, the hopper is cool: Oedipoda germanica, Red-winged Grasshopper

thank you for the ID
and to follow me

Lisbeth wrote:With the wings open it does look like a butterfly (Google pic)

exactly what I saw

Thanks for sharing your trip with us.

Grasshopper, beetle, birdies - looks great to me. Not so much the noisy people though.

Interesting nesting place!