1 A katydid at The Fair, Watson
Identification history
| Tinzeda lobata | 19 Jun 2024 | RogerF | ||
| Tinzeda lobata | 14 Aug 2023 | RogerF | ||
| Tinzeda albosignata | 29 Jan 2022 | RogerF | ||
| Unidentified | 29 Jan 2022 | MPW |
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User's notes
Found resting on a "Spear grass" species. Yellow Box Grassy Woodland, open sunny location. Very Nice Camouflage, spotted by a fellow FOMM Team member.
8 comments
waltraud
wrote:
29 Jan 2022
Roger I noticed this Tettigoniidae many times (love them with their long very sensitive antennae; however usually I'm weeding / in my weeding gear when I'm on the mountain and I don't have a camera with me...
MPW
wrote:
14 Aug 2023
How Fascinating! Little did I know / realise ?, just a pure chance sighting record. I am wondering though ? Waltraud mentioned she saw "this" species previously at this location ? Are there two very similar looking species perhaps ? I really have no Idea, as my Entemology knowledge is rather limited. I'll leave it to the expertise of the Moderators (as above).
Regards, Max.
Regards, Max.
RogerF
wrote:
14 Aug 2023
This is a difficult genus of 7 described and 12 undescribed species of which at least 4 occur in the local area. T. lobata is not included in the Rentz monograph of Katydids, unlike albosignata, which is the commonest of the local species but is more montane and stouter. Lobata is probaly not uncommon locally but overlooked in grasslands.
waltraud
wrote:
15 Aug 2023
Max I can't id down to species or even genus level when I spot one during weeding sessions. All i said was that i spotted members of the insect family Tettigoniidae - Tettigoniidae look like a "grasshopper" but have much longer antennae ie longer than body*. I spotted Tettigoniidae also in my garden eating leaves of my lemon tree :-(
I don't think the lemon tree leaf eater was the same species / genus than those you or I spotted at the Fair.
* Gryllidae have also antennae longer than body but look quite different ...
I don't think the lemon tree leaf eater was the same species / genus than those you or I spotted at the Fair.
* Gryllidae have also antennae longer than body but look quite different ...
Location information
- Coordinates 149.171111-35.225833
- Maps The Fair, Watson
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 24 Jan 2022 10:35 AM Recorded on
- MPW Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Katydids (Tettigoniidae) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) MPW Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Found resting on a "Spear grass" species. Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Tinzeda lobata Scientific name
- A katydid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 794.34m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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