Sighting 4388964
Keyacris scurra
2 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Kambah, ACT
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| Keyacris scurra | RogerF | 19 Aug 2021 | |
| Keyacris scurra | HelenCross | 19 Aug 2021 |
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User's notes
On the northern side of McQuoids Creek. They seem to occur in groups in an area of around 5m in diameter? More habitat photos in sighting 4388965
2 comments
19 Aug 2021
Helen. Yesterday I visited the Googoong catchment reserve about 1 km from the Burra Reserve where a large population of Ks exists. I shuffled through a couple of hectares of Themeda/Chryso grassland that looked emionently suitable for Keyacris but saw nothing.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.019433-35.391039
- Altitude 585.9m
- Maps Bullen Range
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 20 Abundance
- 19 Aug 2021 02:20 PM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
- Themeda Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Keyacris scurra 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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