Sighting 4395910
Keyacris scurra
5 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Hall, ACT
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| Keyacris scurra | RogerF | 29 Sep 2021 | |
| Keyacris scurra | trevorpreston | 29 Sep 2021 | |
| Unverified | Christine | 29 Sep 2021 |
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I'm hoping it is a Matchstick Grasshopper ...
7 comments
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.
29 Sep 2021
Thanks all, I guess if it wasn't such a bright red I might not have spotted it ;)
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.
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.
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.062651-35.166474
- Maps Hall Horse Paddocks
- Places Hall, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Sep 2021 07:42 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- My flagged sightings Keyacris scurra Significant Christine 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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