Sighting 4651352
Keyacris scurra
Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Gunning, NSW
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| Keyacris scurra | MichaelMulvaney | 7 Mar 2025 | |
| Keyacris scurra | clarehoneydove | 7 Mar 2025 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
7 Mar 2025
While Known from Gunning showground this appears to be a new nearby recorded location for this threatened grasshopper
User's notes
Nymphs but only 2. Cool, breezy and windy day but also very crowded with grasses and these were on the everlastings on cleared pathway. Lots of area unexplored. Found in one other area uploaded separately.
3 comments
7 Mar 2025
@MichaelMulvaney yes likely a new location. Recommended to visit by John the chair of Gunning landcare. It is called Gunning golf course but is only a golf course in name. Looks like maybe some archery occurs there. Its crown land. It would be worth making it a new location on CNM I think! We may find a much larger population here and who knows what else.
7 Mar 2025
Yes I've noticed this overgrown golf course in passing. There are quite a few patches of suitable keyacris habitat along the Gundaroo Gunning Road.
Location information
- Places Gunning, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- clarehoneydove Recorded by
- Kangaroo grass and everlastings Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- clarehoneydove NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Significant Pinned ACT Most Wanted! ACT threatened species NSW Government Priority Species Keyacris scurra Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Keyacris scurra Scientific name
- Key's Matchstick Grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1219m Recorded at altitude
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