Small shield-back katydid at Holt, ACT
Identification history
| Nanodectes harpax | 14 Jun 2021 | RogerF | ||
| Tettigoniidae (family) | 11 Oct 2020 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Nanodectes harpax | 10 Oct 2020 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 9 Oct 2020 | trevorpreston |
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4 comments
trevorpreston
wrote:
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.
RogerF
wrote:
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
trevorpreston
wrote:
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
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Collections
Insects Katydids (Tettigoniidae) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Small shrubs and leaf litter Associated plant
- 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
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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