Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)

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Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)

Crickets (several families)

Grasshoppers (several families)

Katydids (Tettigoniidae)

Featured sightings

Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Hall, ACT - 30 Mar 2025 by Anna123

Heide amiculi (Heath Matchstick) at Borough, NSW - 20 Mar 2025 by clarehoneydove

Psednura musgravei (Musgraves Psednura) at Monga, NSW - 27 Feb 2025 by clarehoneydove

Austrodectes monticolus (Australian shield-back katydid) at Wilsons Valley, NSW - 17 Feb 2025 by Miranda

Gastrimargus musicus (Yellow-winged Locust or Grasshopper) at Brindabella, NSW - 6 Feb 2025 by JRCNM

Phaulacridium vittatum (Wingless Grasshopper) at Paddys River, ACT - 26 Jan 2025 by dgb900

Narea sp. (genus) (A katydid) at Palerang, NSW - 7 Jan 2025 by Csteele4

Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Mount Fairy, NSW - 29 Dec 2024 by clarehoneydove

Latest sightings

Unverified Cricket (several families) at Wombeyan Caves, NSW - 17 May 2025 by trevorpreston

Phaulacridium vittatum (Wingless Grasshopper) at Lake George, NSW - 11 Mar 2025 by ConBoekel

Paratettix australis (A pygmy grasshopper) at Lake George, NSW - 11 Mar 2025 by ConBoekel

Tetrigidae (family) (Pygmy grasshopper) at Lake George, NSW - 11 Mar 2025 by ConBoekel

Tetrigidae (family) (Pygmy grasshopper) at Lake George, NSW - 11 Mar 2025 by ConBoekel

Tetrigidae (family) (Pygmy grasshopper) at Lake George, NSW - 11 Mar 2025 by ConBoekel

Phaulacridium vittatum (Wingless Grasshopper) at Lake George, NSW - 11 Mar 2025 by ConBoekel

Phaulacridium vittatum (Wingless Grasshopper) at O'Connor, ACT - 10 Mar 2025 by ConBoekel

Caledia captiva (grasshopper) by SteveBorkowskis

Chortoicetes terminifera (Australian Plague Locust) at Lawson, ACT - 11 May 2025 by mroseby

Phaulacridium vittatum (Wingless Grasshopper) at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 10 May 2025 by VanceLawrence

Coryphistes ruricola (Bark-mimicking Grasshopper) at Fadden, ACT - 4 May 2025 by DavidDedenczuk

Goniaea carinata (Black kneed gumleaf grasshopper) at Fadden, ACT - 4 May 2025 by DavidDedenczuk

Teleogryllus commodus (Black Field Cricket) at Yarralumla, ACT - 8 May 2025 by Thurstan

Oedaleus australis (Australian Oedaleus) at Yarralumla, ACT - 8 May 2025 by Thurstan

Trigonidium (Balamara) gidya (Gidya trig) at Paddys River, ACT - 15 Oct 2023 by KorinneM

Phaulacridium vittatum (Wingless Grasshopper) at Bannaby, NSW - 7 May 2025 by KylieB

Locusta migratoria (A migratory locust) at Bannaby, NSW - 7 May 2025 by KylieB

Bermius brachycerus (A grasshopper) at Bannaby, NSW - 7 May 2025 by RubyA

Oedaleus australis (Australian Oedaleus) at Tharwa, ACT - 6 May 2025 by RodDeb

Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Goulburn, NSW - 6 May 2025 by KylieB

Phaulacridium vittatum (Wingless Grasshopper) at Bannaby, NSW - 6 May 2025 by KylieB

Acrida conica (Giant green slantface) at Bannaby, NSW - 6 May 2025 by MalW

Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Goulburn, NSW - 16 Apr 2025 by JGainsford

Conocephalus semivittatus (Meadow katydid) at Conder, ACT - 26 Nov 2024 by MichaelBedingfield

Teleogryllus commodus at Casey, ACT - 3 May 2025 by trevorpreston

Keyacris scurra by jamiebarney

Urnisa guttulosa (Common Urnisa) at Acton, ACT - 2 May 2025 by TimL

Unverified Grasshopper (several families) at Symonston, ACT - 3 May 2025 by Mike

Goniaea australasiae (Gumleaf grasshopper) at Watson, ACT - 22 Sep 2024 by HSweatman

Teleogryllus commodus (Black Field Cricket) at Bannaby, NSW - 29 Apr 2025 by KylieB

Gastrimargus musicus (Yellow-winged Locust or Grasshopper) at Bannaby, NSW - 29 Apr 2025 by RubyA

Conocephalus semivittatus (Meadow katydid) at Bannaby, NSW - 29 Apr 2025 by RubyA

Acrida conica (Giant green slantface) at Bannaby, NSW - 29 Apr 2025 by RubyA

Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper) at Warri, NSW - 30 Apr 2025 by JustinHurleyLey

Schizobothrus flavovittatus (Disappearing Grasshopper) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by MalW

Oedaleus australis (Australian Oedaleus) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by MalW

Teleogryllus commodus (Black Field Cricket) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by RubyA

Teleogryllus commodus (Black Field Cricket) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by RubyA

Oedaleus australis (Australian Oedaleus) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by RubyA

Schizobothrus flavovittatus (Disappearing Grasshopper) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by RubyA

Oedaleus australis (Australian Oedaleus) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by bryanecology

Goniaea australasiae (Gumleaf grasshopper) at Goulburn, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by bryanecology

Schizobothrus flavovittatus (Disappearing Grasshopper) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by bryanecology

Conocephalus semivittatus (Meadow katydid) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by bryanecology

Schizobothrus flavovittatus (Disappearing Grasshopper) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by bryanecology

Unverified Cricket (several families) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by bryanecology

Bobilla sp. (genus) (A Small field cricket) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by KylieB

Bobilla sp. (genus) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by KylieB

Unverified Grasshopper, Cricket or Katydid (Orthoptera) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by KylieB

Unverified Grasshopper, Cricket or Katydid (Orthoptera) at Bannaby, NSW - 28 Apr 2025 by KylieB

Macrotona australis (Common Macrotona Grasshopper) at Acton, ACT - 25 Feb 2025 by ConBoekel

Macrotona australis (Common Macrotona Grasshopper) at Acton, ACT - 25 Feb 2025 by ConBoekel

Bobilla aff. victoriae at Acton, ACT - 25 Feb 2025 by ConBoekel

Bermius brachycerus (A grasshopper) at Yarralumla, ACT - 23 Feb 2025 by ConBoekel

Teleogryllus commodus (Black Field Cricket) at Throsby, ACT - 27 Apr 2025 by DavidDedenczuk

Gastrimargus musicus (Yellow-winged Locust or Grasshopper) at Chisholm, ACT - 20 Apr 2025 by MattS

Teleogryllus commodus (Black Field Cricket) at Ngunnawal, ACT - 25 Apr 2025 by KorinneM

Bobilla sp. (genus) at Goulburn, NSW - 26 Apr 2025 by trevorpreston

Gastrimargus musicus (Yellow-winged Locust or Grasshopper) at Acton, ACT - 15 Mar 2025 by ConBoekel

Macrotona australis (Common Macrotona Grasshopper) at Acton, ACT - 15 Mar 2025 by ConBoekel

Goniaea sp. (genus) at Kambah, ACT - 19 Apr 2025 by DavidDedenczuk

Macrotona australis at Acton, ACT - 14 Mar 2025 by ConBoekel

Acrididae sp. (family) (Unidentified Grasshopper) at Uriarra Village, ACT - 18 Apr 2025 by DavidDedenczuk

Oedaleus australis (Australian Oedaleus) at Strathnairn, ACT - 17 Apr 2025 by AlisonMilton

Teleogryllus commodus (Black Field Cricket) at Symonston, ACT - 19 Apr 2025 by RodDeb

Teleogryllus commodus (Black Field Cricket) at Fyshwick, ACT - 19 Apr 2025 by regeraghty

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Discussion

Snows wrote:

5 hrs ago

Thanks @RogerF

Goniaea sp. (genus)

RogerF wrote:

6 hrs ago

These first instar nymphs are often difficult to ID but its not Cratilopus from the shape of the pronotum

Goniaea sp. (genus)

RogerF wrote:

12 May 2025

Immigrant from Qld

Locusta migratoria

RogerF wrote:

7 May 2025

One of the many sites around Goulburn city

Keyacris scurra

RogerF wrote:

4 May 2025

Its a Vth instar nymph and may have fallen from a nearby tree visible on the map.

Zaprochilus australis

Significant sightings

Recent activity

Caledia captiva at Whitlam, ACT

Tetrigidae (family) at Lake George, NSW

Tetrigidae (family) at Lake George, NSW

Tetrigidae (family) at Lake George, NSW

Paratettix australis at Lake George, NSW

Phaulacridium vittatum at Lake George, NSW

Tetrigidae (family) at Lake George, NSW

Tetrigidae (family) at Lake George, NSW

Tetrigidae (family) at Lake George, NSW

Tetrigidae (family) at Lake George, NSW

Species Richness Score (SRS)

572

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