Keyacris scurra

7 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Captains Flat, NSW

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Identification history

	Keyacris scurra	5 Aug 2025	RogerF
	Keyacris scurra	5 Aug 2025	Csteele4

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Significant sighting

RogerF noted:

5 Aug 2025

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Very small. Nymph?

4 comments

RogerF wrote:

5 Aug 2025

Late instar female. A new location.

Csteele4 wrote:

5 Aug 2025

@RogerF yay!! I'm so glad I was right. I have gorgeous macro photos of this girl but the website is being terrible. I'm still at the site but I'll try from my laptop when I get home.
Captains Flat has such a wealth of biodiversity!

RogerF wrote:

5 Aug 2025

Can you supply any details about the habitat please. r.farrow@iimetro.com.au

Csteele4 wrote:

5 Aug 2025

PCT 3376: Southern Tableland Grassy Box Woodland (ground-truthed).

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Location information

Places Captains Flat, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
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Csteele4 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Keyacris scurra Significant Featured ACT Most Wanted! ACT threatened species NSW Government Priority Species Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects

Additional information

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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