Sighting 4655256
Keyacris scurra
Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Booth, ACT
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| Keyacris scurra | RogerF | 27 Mar 2025 | |
| Keyacris scurra | clarehoneydove | 27 Mar 2025 | |
| Unverified | KMcCue | 22 Mar 2025 |
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7 comments
27 Mar 2025
Hi @KMcCue can I check size please? This looks smaller than 50mm (5cm)- looks like a nymph. But if its really over 5cm maybe its a Heidi sp. adult but the antennae dont look long enough. Its blurry so possible but unlikely from inspection
27 Mar 2025
The size must be incorrect. It is unlikely to be an early instar wingless nymph of Acrida at this time of year or is a late instar nymph of Keyacris. Both would be about 20mm in length. There is suitable habitat in this area for Keyacris although a search at nearby Glendale last year failed to find any Keyacris
27 Mar 2025
Yes it was small, longer than some of the other grasshoppers I see there. Perhaps 5cm is stretching it, 3cm maybe, but I saw it whilst weeding our primary role, not whilst looking for grasshoppers and the length is a memory recall, much later. Not very scientific I'm sorry. I should take a ruler and notebook perhaps but I have water, a camera/phone, plastic bag, a mattock, secateurs, and wear thick gloves (Saffron Thistle is hard on hands) quite enough to hang onto.
27 Mar 2025
@KMcCue I find size very difficult to ascertain myself! I just happen to know keyacris size.
27 Mar 2025
There is a dried Kangaroo dropping under it so yes, more like 20 mm. Thanks Roger and Clarehoneydove
Location information
- Coordinates 149.000289-35.678006
- Altitude 875.3m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Booth, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Mar 2025 11:11 AM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- KMcCue NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands 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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