Sighting 4655256
Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Booth, ACT
Identification history
| Keyacris scurra | 27 Mar 2025 | RogerF | ||
| Keyacris scurra | 27 Mar 2025 | clarehoneydove | ||
| Unverified | 22 Mar 2025 | KMcCue |
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7 comments
clarehoneydove
wrote:
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
RogerF
wrote:
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
KMcCue
wrote:
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.
clarehoneydove
wrote:
27 Mar 2025
@KMcCue I find size very difficult to ascertain myself! I just happen to know keyacris size.
KMcCue
wrote:
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
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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
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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
- External link More information
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