Heteropternis obscurella

A grasshopper at Latham, ACT

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Identification history

	Heteropternis obscurella	26 Mar 2025	RogerF
	Unverified	25 Mar 2025	Caric

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About 2.5cm long? It resembles another grasshopper I found a week or so ago ~100m away but the markings look different. The earlier grasshopper was identified as Oedaleus australis but I don't know much about grasshoppers- natural colour variation or a different species?

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Location information

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
25 Mar 2025 02:24 PM Recorded on
Caric Recorded by
Collections
Caric NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects

Additional information

Redleg grass - Bothriochloa macra Associated plant
12mm to 25mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Heteropternis obscurella Scientific name
A grasshopper Common name
Not Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 677.6m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania