Keyacris scurra

Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Brayton, NSW

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Identification history

	Keyacris scurra	7 Jul 2025	RogerF
	Keyacris scurra	5 May 2025	jamiebarney

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

7 Jul 2025

New recorded location of this threatened grasshopper to the north and isolated from other known locations

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RogerF wrote:

7 Jul 2025

Sorry I missed this one. There appears to be a lot of similar habitat in this region, mostly on private property so I expect that more Keyacris to be found.

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Location information

Maps Goulburn Mulwaree Council
Places Brayton, NSW

Sighting information

5 Abundance
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jamiebarney NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Significant ACT Most Wanted! ACT threatened species NSW Government Priority Species Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects

Additional information

Themeda triandra Associated plant
12mm to 25mm Animal size

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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