Keyacris scurra

5 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Nicholls, ACT

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Identification history

	Keyacris scurra	24 Jul 2026	RogerF
	Keyacris scurra	24 Jul 2026	RobG1

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

25 Jul 2026

New recorded location for this nationally threatened grasshopper

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RogerF wrote:

24 Jul 2026

Gaudium multicaule heathland is a new habitat for Keyacris scurra. It is characteried by a regular pattern of Gaudium clumps with little vegetation present in the interclump spaces.

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Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
22 Jul 2026 12:50 PM Recorded on
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RobG1 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

Perching on Gaudium multicaule Associated plant
5mm to 12mm 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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