Sighting 4395910
5 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Hall, ACT
Identification history
| Keyacris scurra | 29 Sep 2021 | RogerF | ||
| Keyacris scurra | 29 Sep 2021 | trevorpreston | ||
| Unidentified | 29 Sep 2021 | Christine |
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User's notes
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.
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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Location information
- Coordinates 149.062651-35.166474
- Places Hall, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Sep 2021 07:42 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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ACT Most Wanted!
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Keyacris scurra Scientific name
- Key's Matchstick Grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1191.65m Recorded at altitude
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