Sighting 4418904
1 A pygmy grasshopper at Garran, ACT
Identification history
| Paratettix australis | 8 Apr 2022 | RogerF | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Jan 2022 | Tapirlord |
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User's notes
Seems to be mimicking bird droppings??
2 comments
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.
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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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Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Paratettix australis Scientific name
- A pygmy grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1263.48m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Paratettix albolimbatus
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- Confirmed by an expert moderator
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