Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper)
This rare and unusual grasshopper is flightless, and unlike most grasshoppers it is active during the winter. It is now a declared threatened species in NSW and a recovery program is being enacted. We would appreciate any records. See this page:- from the NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee.
"Grasshoppers lay their eggs in pods inserted into the soil. Most species hatch in spring, the immatures (nymphs) passing through several moults to mature in summer. Key’s Matchstick is unusual in that the eggs hatch in late summer or autumn. Males mature quickly, becoming adults by May, but females continue through the winter as nymphs, maturing in spring. Mating takes place in spring and early summer, followed by egg laying, then the adults die. Thus they avoid the desiccating summer conditions altogether. There is one generation per year.” The quote is from the Friends of Grasslands newsletter of Nov-Dec 2000, and the author was Kim Pullen.
Keyacris scurra is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
Species information
- Keyacris scurra Scientific name
- Key's Matchstick Grasshopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1191.65m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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AARON POLY 1 Barneys Hill/Mt Stranger Bibbenluke Common Boro Bullen Range Crace Grasslands Dananbilla Nature Reserve Gibraltar Pines Hall Cemetery Kambah Pool Kinleyside Kosciuszko National Park Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm Mulligans Flat Murrumbateman Grassy Woodland Namadgi National Park O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands Pine Island to Point Hut Pomaderris Nature Reserve QPRC LGA Rugosa Sweeney's TSR The Tops at Nurenmerenmong Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tinderry Mountains Tuggeranong Hill Undefined Area -
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