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title: "Blue-winged Grasshopper"
description: "Oedipoda caerulescens — Insetti e ragni. The blue-winged grasshopper, Oedipoda caerulescens, is a grasshopper in the genus Oedipoda."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/blue-winged-grasshopper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-winged Grasshopper

> Oedipoda caerulescens — Insetti e ragni. The blue-winged grasshopper, Oedipoda caerulescens, is a grasshopper in the genus Oedipoda.

- Scientific name: *Oedipoda caerulescens*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 33042
- Wikidata: [Q882849](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q882849)
- iNaturalist taxon: [326052](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/326052)

## Names

- en: Blue-winged Grasshopper
- de: Blauflügelige Ödlandschrecke
- es: Saltamontes de alas azules
- fr: Œdipode turquoise
- nl: Blauwvleugelsprinkhaan
- pl: Siwoszek błękitny

## Countries with the most observations

DE (5498), FR (3927), AT (2253), PT (1959), IT (1508), PL (1453), ES (1256), RU (1103), CZ (1008), UA (530), HR (494), LU (475)

## Summary

The blue-winged grasshopper, Oedipoda caerulescens, is a grasshopper in the genus Oedipoda.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipoda_caerulescens

## Photo

![Blue-winged Grasshopper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-winged-grasshopper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marino Linić · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248961536

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-winged-grasshopper?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).