Acrididae sp. (family)

Unidentified Grasshopper at Monitoring Site 145 - Riparian

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Identification history

	Acrididae sp. (family)	4 Feb 2024	RogerF
	Macrotona sp. (genus)	4 Feb 2024	KylieWaldon

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User's notes

this one flipped onto the ant nest. Was there some seconds and then flipped off. ant nests everywhere. ants everywhere. Made for a quicker walk.

2 comments

RogerF wrote:

5 Feb 2024

I have checked with You Ning at ANIC and it could be either an unusual colour form of M. securiformis (female) or an undescribed species of Macrotona. Best stay with the latter. It would be useful to have pictures of a male. Males of securiformis are short-winged.

KylieWaldon wrote:

8 Feb 2024

THanks RogerF. When there are less ants I will return to the site and try again to get more hopper shots.

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Sighting information

5 Abundance
3 Feb 2024 08:31 AM Recorded on
KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Insects Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Grasshoppers (several families) KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Acrididae sp. (family) Scientific name
Unidentified Grasshopper Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1617.25m Recorded at altitude
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