Nanodectes harpax

Small shield-back katydid at Cook, ACT

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Identification history

Nanodectes harpax	8 Mar 2021	RogerF
Nanodectes harpax	10 Oct 2020	trevorpreston
Grylloidea (superfamily)	4 Dec 2019	MichaelBedingfield
Grylloidea (superfamily)	3 Dec 2019	RogerF
Tettigoniidae (family)	29 Nov 2019	CathB

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User's notes

Not sure if the presence of an ovipositor indicates the first image is an adult, and therefore wingless. I also wonder if these might be a male and a female, or if they are just different instars. The second one seems to have small wing buds.

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RogerF wrote:

4 Dec 2019

Juvenile Male and female cricket

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Location information

Coordinates 149.073785 -35.266572
Altitude 612.4m
Maps Mount Painter
Places Cook, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
27 Nov 2019 10:40 AM Recorded on
CathB Recorded by
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Insects Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Katydids (Tettigoniidae) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Nanodectes harpax Scientific name
Small shield-back katydid Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 776m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania