Sighting 4415038
Genus novum 18 sp. 1 (Undescribed)
2 False Apotropis at Cotter River, ACT
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| Genus novum 18 sp. 1 (Undescribed) | RogerF | 30 Dec 2021 | |
| Unverified | SWishart | 30 Dec 2021 |
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User's notes
Around the 5 cm size - maybe a little under. Laying eggs?
3 comments
30 Dec 2021
Yes laying eggs. This looks like a remote site on the map. What was the habitat. Thanks Roger
31 Dec 2021
This is the western end of Stockyard Spur so snow gums with lots of poa and native flowers such as the asteraceae as well as the high altitude peas. The management trail is often quite grassy with dirt/small rocks where the wheel tracks have formed. The grasshopper was laying its eggs in one of the wheel tracks. In summer the area abounds in skinks and insects such as butterflies and there were a lot of cicadas around (I photographed 3 types) on the day I was there.
1 Jan 2022
Thanks. I know the spot but haven't visited there for several years. There have been a few sightings of this species this season but mostly at lower altitude (ie Kambah). Wheel and other tracks are a common but hazardous spot for grasshoppers to lay and many a female has been squashed by a passing hiker as they cannot escape once the abdomen is extended. I hope to get up to the Brindabellas next week.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.787632-35.553767
- Altitude 1710.7m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Dec 2021 01:05 PM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Collections
- SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Genus novum 18 sp. 1 (Undescribed) Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Genus novum 18 sp. 1 (Undescribed) Scientific name
- False Apotropis Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1710.7m Recorded at altitude
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