Sighting 4645424
Gastrimargus musicus
2 Yellow-winged Locust or Grasshopper at Brindabella, NSW
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| Gastrimargus musicus | RogerF | 13 Feb 2025 | ||
| Unverified | JRCNM | 12 Feb 2025 |
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User's notes
Appeared to be laying eggs in the road gravel.
2 comments
15 Feb 2025
Thank you RogerF. For my info, can you tell me if this is the only yellow-winged locust/grasshopper (which I see often but not stationary), or are there several spp. with yellow wings? TIA.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.744037-35.384815
- Places Brindabella, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Feb 2025 03:09 PM Recorded on
- JRCNM Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Egg laying Breeding behaviour
Collections
- JRCNM NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Featured Gastrimargus musicus Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Gastrimargus musicus Scientific name
- Yellow-winged Locust or Grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1544.5m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- Description
- Additional attributes
- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location