Nanodectes harpax
Small shield-back katydid at Holt, ACT
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| Nanodectes harpax | RogerF | 14 Jun 2021 | |
| Tettigoniidae (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 11 Oct 2020 | |
| Nanodectes harpax | MichaelBedingfield | 10 Oct 2020 | |
| Unverified | trevorpreston | 9 Oct 2020 |
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4 comments
9 Oct 2020
I think this is Nanodectes harpax (Rentz) Small Shield-back based on photo and description in A Guide to Katydids of Australia by David Rentz. There are two other sightings of this katydid also unidentified.
I have been seeing another grey katydid in the same areas as I have seen these, and Im trying to work out if they are another species, or an instar, or females.
I have been seeing another grey katydid in the same areas as I have seen these, and Im trying to work out if they are another species, or an instar, or females.
10 Oct 2020
Its hard to distinguish between juvenile Lanciana and Nanodectes. I identified the earlier images as Lanciana because of the black femoral stripe
13 Oct 2020
Thanks Roger, do juvenile Lanciana also have the light grey back with black/dark sides like the Nanodectes?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.074343-35.267384
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 9 Oct 2020 03:17 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- Small shrubs and leaf litter Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Nanodectes harpax Katydids (Tettigoniidae) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Nanodectes harpax Scientific name
- Small shield-back katydid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 783m Recorded at altitude
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