Sighting 4400178
Keyacris scurra
2 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Mount Clear, ACT
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| Keyacris scurra | RogerF | 17 Oct 2021 | |
| Keyacris scurra | NedJohnston | 17 Oct 2021 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
18 Oct 2021
Two rare species in one photo, and a new recorded location of Key's Matchstick Grasshopper. The Parks Service put in a lot of effort to control nodding thistle in the vicinity of this record - good for them to receive this positive feed back
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Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Mount Clear, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- NedJohnston Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Keyacris scurra Significant NedJohnston 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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Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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