Sighting 4418904
Paratettix australis
1 A pygmy grasshopper at Garran, ACT
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| Paratettix australis | RogerF | 8 Apr 2022 | |
| Unverified | Tapirlord | 16 Jan 2022 |
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User's notes
Seems to be mimicking bird droppings??
2 comments
16 Jan 2022
One of the many colour forms of Paratettix. Another option is camouflage, resembling lichen growing on the soil surface. Its an open ground inhabitant feeding on the biological crust of moss, algae and possibly lichen.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.097105-35.339467
- Altitude 597.9m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Jan 2022 05:54 PM Recorded on
- Tapirlord Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- My flagged sightings Tapirlord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Paratettix australis Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Paratettix australis Scientific name
- A pygmy grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1263.48m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Paratettix albolimbatus
Record quality
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