9 Giant King Cricket at Monga, NSW
Identification history
| Anostostoma opacum | 14 Jan 2022 | RogerF | ||
| Anostostoma opacum | 11 Jan 2022 | trevorpreston | ||
| Unverified | 10 Jan 2022 | trevorpreston |
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Significant sighting
MichaelBedingfield noted:
15 Jan 2022
This is a rare species that is hardly ever seen, see:- https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9d04fc4c-e8dc-4150-9e19-a1ee2183c5a1
User's notes
Cricket between 20-25mm found under small piece of wood.
1 comment
RogerF
wrote:
14 Jan 2022
This is a king cricket in the family Anostomatidae. I have a copy of an earlier record 4188259 that appears to have been deleted. I am not sure who identified it,. This a rare species and seldom seen and is not referred to in Rentz's book.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.918520-35.598131
- Altitude 695.2m
- Maps Mongarlowe River Monga National Park
- Places Monga, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Jan 2022 01:29 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Collections
Significant trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anostostoma opacum Crickets (Orthoptera, several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Anostostoma opacum Scientific name
- Giant King Cricket Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 695.22m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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