Crau Plain Grasshopper

An umbrella species

The Crau Plain Grasshopper is a so-called “umbrella” species. It is a good indicator of the changes in an ecosystem.

The preservation of this very rare and threatened insect means conserving its natural habitat, the Crau “coussoul” (dry grasslands), and all the species associated with this type of habitat, which continues to decline every year.

The LIFE SOS Crau Grasshopper, which will last four years (2021-2025), aims to preserve the Crau Plain Grasshopper, an endemic species of the Crau plain.

News

 
Breeding and reintroduction

Hatching is underway!

Published: Avril 22 2024

The Conservatoire d’espaces naturels Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, the Parc Animalier de la Barben, and the Citadelle de Besançon are pleased to announce the birth of Primo, a beautiful baby Crau Plain Grasshopper measuring ...

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Communicating and raising awareness

Call for participation to the Festival LIFE SOS Crau grasshopper

Published: Avril 22 2024

Become a partner of the LIFE SOS Crau grasshopper Festival to be held on 13 October at the Domaine départemental des Aulnes!

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Communicating and raising awareness

A Europe-wide visit for the LIFE SOS Crau grasshopper project!

Published: Avril 22 2024

Launched in 2021, the LIFE SOS Crau Plain Grasshopper project has reached the half-way stage at the start of 2024. On 27 and 28 February, the LIFE project team was visited by Gustavo Becerra Jurado from CINEA (the European executive agency ...

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Communicating and raising awareness

The schools are out in the field!

Published: Avril 22 2024

As part of the Life Crau grasshopper educational project, the Conservatoire d’espaces naturels Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and the Parc animalier de La Barben are offering teachers two days of free activities aimed at ...

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Resources

Tools to discover the Crau Plain Grasshopper

With the help of these tools, you can discover this small insect of the Crau plain.

It will certainly surprise you!

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I'm not that small! I am between 3.5 and 4.5 cm tall, after all!

Tools

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