Paratettix australis

1 A pygmy grasshopper at Garran, ACT

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Identification history

	Paratettix australis	8 Apr 2022	RogerF
	Unverified	16 Jan 2022	Tapirlord

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User's notes

Seems to be mimicking bird droppings??

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RogerF wrote:

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.

Tapirlord wrote:

17 Jan 2022

Ah, didn't think of that but it does look like lichen!

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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
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My flagged sightings Insects Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Tapirlord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Less than 5mm Animal size

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

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania