Cavernotettix sp. (genus)
2 Cave Cricket at Bimberi, NSW
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| Cavernotettix sp. (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 19 Mar 2021 | |
| Cavernotettix sp. (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 19 Mar 2021 | |
| Cavernotettix sp | RogerF | 18 Mar 2021 | |
| Unverified | JonSteinbeck | 18 Mar 2021 |
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User's notes
The location is an approximation because the rock formation may have been blocking the GPS signal. There were a number of these crickets on the rocks heading up to a small cave. The shots of the female were right at the opening of the cave. I could not find a species on the CNM but I saw some other pictures on line of Cave Crickets and was wondering if that is what these are. Is the first picture an instar or is it an adult male please?
3 comments
18 Mar 2021
I assume you are talking about Cave Creek. I have a picture in my book of a cave cricket from Murrays Cave (Insects of South Eastern Australia p.82). Both sexes are wingless so you also have an adult male.
19 Mar 2021
Hi Roger, Many thanks for the confirmation. Coincidentally, I am just reading your book, on Kindle, and had just started reading the cave insects section after I posted. Again, many thanks for the identification and information.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.684476-35.624956
- Maps Kosciuszko National Park
- Places Bimberi, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 6 Mar 2021 08:20 PM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Crickets (Orthoptera, several families) BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cavernotettix sp. (genus)
Species information
- Cavernotettix sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Cave Cricket Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1176.62m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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5 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location