Insects
Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)
Grasshoppers (several families)
Sighting 4190959

Austroicetes sp. (genus)

A grasshopper at Weston, ACT

Austroicetes sp. (genus) at Weston, ACT - 26 Jan 2019 10:00 AM
Austroicetes sp. (genus) at Weston, ACT - 26 Jan 2019 10:00 AM
Austroicetes sp. (genus) at Weston, ACT - 26 Jan 2019 10:00 AM
Austroicetes sp. (genus) at Weston, ACT - 26 Jan 2019 10:00 AM
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Austroicetes sp. (genus) 28 Jan 2019 RogerF

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Found on the ground in front of a yellow box in park west side of Oakey Hill Weston

4 comments

RogerF wrote:
   29 Jan 2019
Difficult to identify as pusilla from this image. interioris is very similar.
AliceH wrote:
   29 Jan 2019
Sorry about the pic :( Thks Roger not sure how to delete the sighting
RogerF wrote:
   29 Jan 2019
I have changed the id to Austroicetes sp. Key

I have renamed the grasshopper Austroicetes sp. Ken Key's 1954 key is very complex and needs a specimen in hand ( 237 pages!! )
AliceH wrote:
   29 Jan 2019
Haha Thks Roger

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  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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