Sighting 4680738
Keyacris scurra
2 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Forde, ACT
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| Keyacris scurra | RogerF | 1 Jul 2025 | |
| Keyacris scurra | leith7 | 30 Jun 2025 |
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Significant sighting
3 comments
1 Jul 2025
Hi Leith,
The Keyacris populations at Mulligans appear to fluctuate widely over the years as the grassland biomass waxes and wanes due to the interactions of rainfall and macropod numbers. Good to read that you are still looking and recording. They are great survivors throughy adversity.
The Keyacris populations at Mulligans appear to fluctuate widely over the years as the grassland biomass waxes and wanes due to the interactions of rainfall and macropod numbers. Good to read that you are still looking and recording. They are great survivors throughy adversity.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.154250-35.166717
- Altitude 637.0m
- Maps Mulligans Flat
- Places Forde, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 30 Jun 2025 11:33 AM Recorded on
- leith7 Recorded by
Collections
- leith7 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Significant ACT Most Wanted! ACT threatened 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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