Sighting 4727541
Keyacris scurra
Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Brayton, NSW
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| Keyacris scurra | RogerF | 5 May 2026 | |
| Keyacris scurra | ChrisJ | 4 May 2026 |
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1 comment
23 May 2026
Thanks for this sighting. Grasshoppers are actually very sensitive species and it is best not to handle them - we appreciate that this makes it harder to ID, but we prefer this added difficulty to the possibility of an injury
Cheers Michael Mulvaney
Cheers Michael Mulvaney
Location information
- Places Brayton, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- ChrisJ Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- ChrisJ NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Keyacris scurra 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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4 / 7
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