Keyacris scurra

3 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at suppressed

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Identification history

	Keyacris scurra	11 Feb 2026	RogerF
	Keyacris scurra	11 Feb 2026	Csteele4

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Significant sighting

RogerF noted:

11 Feb 2026

Keyacris hatchling sitting on adult Acrida

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I think this is a juvenile riding an adult??

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RogerF wrote:

11 Feb 2026

Newly hatched Keyacris riding on Adult Acrida conica. Remarkable!

RogerF wrote:

11 Feb 2026

Back Creek TSR is a known area for Keyacris

Csteele4 wrote:

12 Feb 2026

@RogerF Thank you! I actually thought it was a bit of grass until I looked back at my photos!!

MatthewFrawley wrote:

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.

Csteele4 wrote:

14 Feb 2026

@MatthewFrawley it's a really pretty little reserve!

RogerF wrote:

16 Feb 2026

It does have a problem with invasion of Kunzea into the open grassland

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Sighting information

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

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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