Goniaea opomaloides

Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper at Thuddungra, NSW

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Identification history

Goniaea opomaloides	9 Oct 2023	trevorpreston
Goniaea opomaloides	7 Oct 2023	RogerF
Unidentified	7 Oct 2023	trevorpreston

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5 comments

RogerF wrote:

7 Oct 2023

I've always wanted to visit Thuddungra having seen the sign on the Young-Grenfell many times. What took you there. Monteagle Cemetery is near there which used to have a good patch of secondary natural grassland. The specimen is missing hind legs

trevorpreston wrote:

8 Oct 2023

This trip was part of a FOG trip to Dananbilla Nature Reserve, Quamby TSR and Monteagle Cemetery. The cemetery is very heavily thatched with Kangaroo grass and badly needs some mosaic burns, but is clearly a gem worth saving.
No idea what happened to this grasshoppers legs, its surprising how often I find them with a leg or two missing.
I think this would be a great area to come back to in a month or two.

RogerF wrote:

8 Oct 2023

Thanks, I forgot about the FOG Trip as I was going to Girraween NP that week but cancelled this because of the dry conditions. On Wednesday I am going to the Bombala reserve with Stuart Harris to try and collect the unusual Ditropidius to send to Chris Reid at the Australian Museum

trevorpreston wrote:

8 Oct 2023

Good luck with the Bombala trip and the beetle catching. It's an area that deserves more attention and sightings.

RogerF wrote:

8 Oct 2023

If we have time we will return via the Boboundary Rd from Ando

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