Insects
Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)
Grasshoppers (several families)
Sighting 4395910

Keyacris scurra

5 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Hall, ACT

Keyacris scurra at Hall, ACT - 29 Sep 2021 07:42 AM
Keyacris scurra at Hall, ACT - 29 Sep 2021 07:42 AM
Keyacris scurra at Hall, ACT - 29 Sep 2021 07:42 AM
Keyacris scurra at Hall, ACT - 29 Sep 2021 07:42 AM
Keyacris scurra at Hall, ACT - 29 Sep 2021 07:42 AM
Keyacris scurra at Hall, ACT - 29 Sep 2021 07:42 AM
Keyacris scurra at Hall, ACT - 29 Sep 2021 07:42 AM
Keyacris scurra at Hall, ACT - 29 Sep 2021 07:42 AM
Keyacris scurra at Hall, ACT - 29 Sep 2021 07:42 AM
Keyacris scurra at Hall, ACT - 29 Sep 2021 07:42 AM
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Identification history

Keyacris scurra 29 Sep 2021 RogerF
Keyacris scurra 29 Sep 2021 trevorpreston
Unverified 29 Sep 2021 Christine

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MichaelMulvaney noted:

30 Sep 2021

New location for this threatened grasshopper species

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I'm hoping it is a Matchstick Grasshopper ...

7 comments

trevorpreston wrote:
   29 Sep 2021
I'm pretty sure its a Keys Matchstick Grasshopper. I photographed one a similar colour to this at Mulligans Flat last a few months ago.
HelenCross wrote:
   29 Sep 2021
Nice colour!
MatthewFrawley wrote:
   29 Sep 2021
Wow, these guys seem to come in many different colours.
Christine wrote:
   29 Sep 2021
Thanks all, I guess if it wasn't such a bright red I might not have spotted it ;)
RogerF wrote:
   29 Sep 2021
It may be camouflaged to the red rock shown in the picture. Was there red soil in the vicinity. Many grasshoppers are able to change colour during development to match background, i.e black grasshoppers in burnt areas.
Christine wrote:
   30 Sep 2021
I have added an unrelated photo taken one minute before the grasshopper, so should be the same ground, some of the stones do look reddish.
AMR wrote:
   13 Dec 2023
In the past I have seen some dense populations of this species which contained many colour morphs - the usual brown or green, but also red like this and/or striped in green/cream, red/cream, black/cream etc.

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