Sighting 4735875
Keyacris scurra
2 Key's Matchstick Grasshopper at Captains Flat, NSW
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| Keyacris scurra | MichaelMulvaney | Yesterday | |
| Acrida conica | CarbonAI | 16 Sep 2026 | |
| Keyacris scurra | Csteele4 | 16 Sep 2026 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
17 Sep 2026
Confirmation of population still in existence, decades after last known record
User's notes
Very low population density. Found one individual in an hour, but given they haven't been recorded here in decades, that is great news.
4 comments
Yesterday
I am not surprised by this finding as Keyacris is a very resilient species often surviving in very small habitat patches and requiring dedicated searches to confirm its existence. Still its a really good find for this spot unlike the Prasophyllum that disappeared decades ago.
Yesterday
@RogerF Hopefully there will be more found in summer. As for the Prasophyllum, I remain hopeful, as they can also be cryptic, lying dormant for many seasons without a flower. I've hoped that there may have been one or two missed here and there each season, and the clearing will reveal them.
Location information
- Places Captains Flat, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Csteele4 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Csteele4 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Grasshoppers (several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects Keyacris scurra Significant ACT Most Wanted! NSW Government Priority Species
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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