Chortoicetes terminifera

Australian Plague Locust at Hall, ACT

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Identification history

	Chortoicetes terminifera	7 Oct 2025	clarehoneydove
	Chortoicetes terminifera	6 Oct 2025	Anna123

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clarehoneydove wrote:

7 Oct 2025

The combination of the dark spot on otherwise clear hind wings, the 'X' mark on top of the thorax and the red shanks or tibia suggest a correct i.d. @RogerF

RogerF wrote:

9 Oct 2025

Immigrant at this time of year as local Austroicetes still juvenile

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Location information

Coordinates 149.066901 -35.170156
Places Hall, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
6 Oct 2025 08:45 AM Recorded on
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Anna123 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Chortoicetes terminifera Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Chortoicetes terminifera Scientific name
Australian Plague Locust Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1610m Recorded at altitude
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