Sighting 4402097
Keyacris scurra
3 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Mount Clear, ACT
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| Keyacris scurra | MichaelMulvaney | 25 Oct 2021 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
25 Oct 2021
This is a new location of this grasshopper which is listed as endangered in NSW. This and other recent findings in southern Namadgi and the apparent widespread nature of suitable habitat suggest that this vicinity may be a major habitat for this species
User's notes
Nine females and Six males including a breeding Pair. Recorded By Roger Farrow - Michael Mulvaney just entered the information
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.991782-35.856045
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Mount Clear, ACT
Sighting information
- 15 Abundance
- 24 Oct 2021 03:23 PM Recorded on
- MichaelMulvaney Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Keyacris scurra Significant MichaelMulvaney 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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4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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