Sighting 4446973
Coryphistes ruricola
Bark-mimicking Grasshopper at Molonglo Valley, ACT
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| Coryphistes ruricola | RogerF | 5 Oct 2022 | |
| Coryphistes ruricola | CathB | 5 Oct 2022 |
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User's notes
First photo taken on 20 September and the next two at exactly the same place on 2 October. On the earlier occasion, the grasshopper was creeping slowly along the fallen branch and flicking its antennae just like a wasp. It looked very much like it was stalking prey, although I thought grasshoppers were vegetarian.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.078396-35.271638
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 2 Oct 2022 10:58 AM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Coryphistes ruricola Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Coryphistes ruricola Scientific name
- Bark-mimicking Grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1437.48m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location