Sighting 4198356
Praxibulus sp. (genus)
A grasshopper at Cotter River, ACT
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| Praxibulus sp. (genus) | RogerF | 3 Dec 2019 | |
| Praxibulus sp. (genus) | JudithRoach | 22 Feb 2019 | |
| Unverified | JudithRoach | 21 Feb 2019 |
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User's notes
First three photos of one individual, the last one of the other. There were lots of hoppers who wouldn't stay still to be photographed, but these ones were staying dead still up near the top of grass stalks. I was wondering if it's not something to do with moulting that they might have been infected with a parasite, that forced them to make themselves vulnerable to predators.
2 comments
22 Feb 2019
I can't seem to fill in the species boxes. Its Praxibulus and its been killed by the fungus Metarhizium.
22 Feb 2019
Thanks Roger, put your identification in. Interesting to know about the fungus. Thanks.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.769117-35.473497
- Altitude 1434.8m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 21 Feb 2019 04:02 PM Recorded on
- JudithRoach Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- JudithRoach Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Praxibulus sp. (genus) Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Praxibulus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1591.77m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species