Miramella alpina
Miramella alpina, commonly known as the green mountain grasshopper, is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae.
Subspecies
Miramella alpina var. alpina Miramella alpina var. subalpina Miramella alpina var. albanica Mishchenko, L.L., 1952 - Galvagniella albanica Mishchenko, L.L., 1952 Miramella alpina var. collina - Miramella alpina var. ''alpina''
Distribution
This common alpine grasshopper is present in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Switzerland.
Description
The adult males grow up to long, while the females reach of length. The basic coloration of the body is bright green in both sexes, with longitudinal black stripes at the sides of pronotum, extended to the abdomen in males. The light-brown wings usually are very reduced and unfit to flight. Femora of the hind legs are red on the bottom, while tibiae are yellowish in the females and black in males.
They can be encountered from late June through September, mainly in moist mountain meadows, wet clearings and open woods. They feed on grasses, lichens, mosses and various herbaceous plants, with a preference for Vaccinium species.