Sighting 4720677
Keyacris scurra
3 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Bendoura, NSW
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| Keyacris scurra | RogerF | 11 Feb 2026 | |
| Keyacris scurra | Csteele4 | 11 Feb 2026 |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
I think this is a juvenile riding an adult??
6 comments
12 Feb 2026
@RogerF Thank you! I actually thought it was a bit of grass until I looked back at my photos!!
12 Feb 2026
I've been meaning to visit Back Creek TSR for some time now. It's only a 7-minute drive from my place in Braidwood. Good spot to also look for waterbirds in the swamp directly on the other side of Cooma Road.
Location information
- Maps Back Creek TSR
- Places Bendoura, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- Csteele4 Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Csteele4 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Keyacris scurra Significant Featured ACT Most Wanted! NSW Government Priority Species ACT threatened species 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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Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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