Sighting 4240520
Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper at Dunlop, ACT
Identification history
| Goniaea opomaloides | 3 Dec 2019 | RogerF | ||
| Goniaea opomaloides | 7 Nov 2019 | RogerF | ||
| Goniaea sp. (genus) | 7 Nov 2019 | CathB |
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2 comments
RogerF
wrote:
8 Nov 2019
I not entirely certain of this ID as this species does not usually exhibit such dark colour morphs. Was the nymph on formerly burnt ground or a generally dark background?
CathB
wrote:
9 Nov 2019
The area was burnt in March 2018 and there is quite a bit of bare soil, but no visible charcoal any more.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.072737-35.267912
- Altitude 617.5m
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Nov 2019 02:40 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Goniaea opomaloides Scientific name
- Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1428.2m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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