Every Autumn during the last years I tried to go to a wonderful
place called Wildenhainer Bruch at the “Dübener Heide”. There´s a
watching point from which you can hear at this time Cranes, Red Deers,
different Orthoptera or watch a Sea Eagle without disturbing.
This Autumn i only managed to make this single recording.

27. August 2008, Red Deer Cervus elaphus, Common Crane Grus grus and Pholidoptera griseoaptera.

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Snapshot by Marcus Held

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The Slender Blue-winged Grasshopper populates warm and dry open spaces. It is adapted to it´s life on the ground very well. During the several ectysis of the larvae the color and texture of the Slender Blue-winged Grasshopper imitates the characteristics of it´s habitat to camouflage.

The acoustic behavior of this grashopper is not very distinct. So it was a delight to capture the behavior of two rivalling males fighting it out in a kind of tournament.

The videoclip is very short an the soundquality is not the best but the situation is worth to show.