Sighting 4386882
Tetrigidae (family)
1 Pygmy grasshopper at Jacka, ACT
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| Tetrigidae (family) | RogerF | 27 Jul 2021 | |
| Tetrigidae (family) | Christine | 27 Jul 2021 |
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User's notes
Tiny tiny grasshopper. Due to plentiful rainfall the whole area was either underwater or boggy, including the tracks, so exact location uncertain. I have seen one of these earlier in the year quite near here, but was surprised to see it hopping about at this time of year. Perhaps it was trying to get above the water.
1 comment
27 Jul 2021
Difficult to identify to species without a specimen that needs to be sent to the expert in Czeckia, although there is a very complex key by Rehn. They swim well especially the slender Paratettix that lives at water margins feeding on algae.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.161378-35.179515
- Maps Mulligans Flat
- Places Jacka, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Jul 2021 01:58 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tetrigidae (family) Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Tetrigidae (family) Scientific name
- Pygmy grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1087.13m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
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4 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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