Sighting 4393660
Keyacris scurra
9 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Conder, ACT
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| Keyacris scurra | MichaelBedingfield | 19 Sep 2021 | |
| Keyacris scurra | MichaelBedingfield | 18 Sep 2021 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelBedingfield noted:
19 Sep 2021
An important confirmation that the species is surviving at this location, 21 years after it was last recorded.
User's notes
In Tuggeranong Hill Reserve, in the woodland near the Conder Ponds.
6 comments
18 Sep 2021
Hi Roger. Confirming that the population recorded at Tuggeranong Hill by Kim Pullen in 1999/2000 is still present. I saw only one specimen. Is it a female as I suspect?
19 Sep 2021
Thanks Roger. Stackhousia monogyna. It was among some grass & I got some poor photos of it there. Initially it was nervous & tried to get away from me. It then climbed up the plant where it perched & was unafraid of my company, posing graciously. It was not eating the Stackhousia monogyna.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.106780-35.461011
- Altitude 675.3m
- Maps Tuggeranong Hill
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Sep 2021 03:42 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- Stackhousia monogyna Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
Collections
- Michael Bedingfield's Flagged sightings Keyacris scurra Significant Featured MichaelBedingfield 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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