Sighting 4388697
Keyacris scurra
1 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Kambah, ACT
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| Keyacris scurra | RogerF | 16 Aug 2021 | |
| Keyacris scurra | HelenCross | 16 Aug 2021 |
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User's notes
Tricky to see where they landed after jumping, with the grasses moving in the wind today!
2 comments
16 Aug 2021
I amazed any were active at all, but I am at 850m and it was very cold and windy here and a good day to spend inside.
16 Aug 2021
I made sure it was above 10° before I went out but the wind chill factor was pretty high!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.021284-35.392141
- Altitude 578.5m
- Maps Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T.
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 10 Abundance
- 16 Aug 2021 01:22 PM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
- Themeda and Chrysocephalum Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- HelenCross Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT Most Wanted! ACT threatened species! Keyacris scurra Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Keyacris scurra Scientific name
- Key's Matchstick Grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1219m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
Quality score
7 / 7
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