Sighting 4731980
Keyacris scurra
5 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Nicholls, ACT
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| Keyacris scurra | RogerF | 24 Jul 2026 | |
| Keyacris scurra | RobG1 | 24 Jul 2026 |
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Significant sighting
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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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.096662-35.197667
- Maps Percival Hill
- Places Nicholls, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 22 Jul 2026 12:50 PM Recorded on
- RobG1 Recorded by
- Perching on Gaudium multicaule Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- RobG1 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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