Sighting 4539939
Acrididae sp. (family)
Unidentified Grasshopper at Undefined Area
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| Acrididae sp. (family) | RogerF | 31 Dec 2023 | |
| Unverified | NickiTaws | 31 Dec 2023 |
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Insect Pollinator Survey sighting
4 comments
1 Jan 2024
No, not a deliberate pollinator but maybe an inadvertent one as it goes from perianth to perianth.
1 Jan 2024
These juvenile grasshoppers and katydids are wingless and tend to stay on the same flower or flower head for a couple of early instars, unless disturbed, before moving into grassland to feed on general vegetation. Experimental evidence for deliberate movement from flower to flower and entrapment of pollen grains is needed. Flower vistation and feeding does not always equal pollination.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.005110-35.194440
- Altitude 550.0m
- Maps Jarramlee-West MacGregor Grasslands
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Dec 2023 11:23 AM Recorded on
- NickiTaws Recorded by
- Hypochaeris radicata Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- NickiTaws Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Acrididae sp. (family) Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Acrididae sp. (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1625m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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5 / 7
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