Sighting 4655883
Heteropternis obscurella
A grasshopper at Latham, ACT
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| Heteropternis obscurella | RogerF | 26 Mar 2025 | |
| Unverified | Caric | 25 Mar 2025 |
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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
- Coordinates 149.026462-35.214634
- Maps Umbagong District Park
- Places Latham, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 25 Mar 2025 02:24 PM Recorded on
- Caric Recorded by
- Redleg grass - Bothriochloa macra Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Caric NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Heteropternis obscurella Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
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
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location