
Grasshopper more real than nature !?
Finally you can observe them – for real! Or almost…
With an overall budget of approximately 1.9 million euros, the LIFE SOS Crau Grasshopper project is largely financed by the European Union (60%).
In addition, the French Ministry of Ecological Transition, the Bouches-du-Rhône Departmental Council, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region and the Ministry of the Armed Forces are providing substantial co-funding.
Plaine de la Crau © Laurent Tatin - CEN PACA
Finally you can observe them – for real! Or almost…
This spring, our team has prepared a whole programme to discover the Crau Plain Grasshopper
The first hatchings of Crau Plain Grasshopper in 2023 took place at the beginning of April and observations of the first juveniles are multiplying by the day!
She cuts, assembles, glues, paints and articulates pieces of paper. She sculpts organic figures, plants, animals, then animates them. Her works transpire a naturalist sensitivity at the “edge of the brush”.