# Crau Plain Grasshopper Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/crau-plain-grasshopper Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/crau-plain-grasshopper.md Podcast: [Bad at Goodbyes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095) Published: 2026-06-03T12:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://badatgoodbyes.com/crau-plain-grasshopper.html Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/727dd7e1-bd17-4617-91a1-5c0b084d19a4.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/episodes/crau-plain-grasshopper Duration seconds: 1848 ## Resource Crau Plain Grasshopper :: Prionotropis rhodanica Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 079 On today’s show we learn about the Crau Plain Grasshopper, a critically endangered insect native to Western Europe, to the south of France, in the Provence region, in the Bouches-du-Rhone department, specifically found in the dry grasslands of the Crau Plain. Its scientific name is Prionotropis rhodanica, and it was first described in 1923. For more information about conservation on the Crau Plain please see Conservatoire d'espaces naturels de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur at https://cen-paca.org . (00:05) Intro (02:05) Species Information (21:37) Citations (23:47) Music (28:51) Pledge Research for today’s show was compiled from: Bröder, Linda, Laurent Tatin, Anja Danielczak, Tobias Seibel, and Axel Hochkirch. 2019. "Intensive Grazing as a Threat in Protected Areas: The Need for Adaptive Management to Protect the Critically Endangered Crau Plain Grasshopper Prionotropis rhodanica." Oryx 53 (2): 239–246. – https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318000170 Bröder, Linda, Laurent Tatin, Axel Hochkirch, Anja Schuld, Linda Pabst, and Aurélien Besnard. 2020. "Optimization of Capture–Recapture Monitoring of Elusive Species Illustrated with a Threatened Grasshopper." Conservation Biology 34 (3): 743–753. – https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13449 Bröder, Linda, Laurent Tatin, and Axel Hochkirch. 2023. "Quantifying Predation to Insects: An Experimental Approach." Global Ecology and Conservation 44: e02485. – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02485 Ecomuseum of the Crau. n.d. "The Crau Plain Grasshopper." Life SOS Criquet de Crau. Accessed May 18, 2026. – https://www.lifecriquetdecrau.com/en/le-criquet-de-crau/lespece/ Foucart, Antoine, and Michel Lecoq. 1996. "Biologie et dynamique des populations de Prionotropi… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/episodes/crau-plain-grasshopper/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095/crau-plain-grasshopper.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.